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Cotton Harlequin Bug (2/5)
Hemiptera: Scutelleridae
Tectocoris diophthalmus
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Blackbraes National Park, QLD (Aug, 2014)
A Female Cotton Harlequin Bug lays a batch of eggs and then stands guard over it, a behaviour which is not uncommon among insects.*
*Hughes, R.D. (1975). The Australian Naturalist Library: Living Insects. Collins, p.168.
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Male Cotton Harlequin Bug
Female Cotton Harlequin Bug
Female Cotton Harlequin Bug
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Male Cotton Harlequin Bug
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Male Cotton Harlequin Bug