Animal photography || Portrait of pentatomomorpha in small forest

in Steem of Animals7 days ago

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Hello world

While walking along the edge of the rice fields this evening, I found a beautiful species, this beautiful insect was sitting very still among the leaves that were swaying gently due to the wind, after observing more closely I realized that the insect was a member of the Pentatomomorpha family or often This insect is known as a ladybug or shield insect.

Pentatomomorpha is known because its body shape resembles a shield and is one of the characteristic features of this group of insects. The body color of Pentatomomorpha insects tends to be brown with a few white spots on the back (not clearly visible) and this body color is very beneficial for Pentatomomorpha insects because they can camouflage among dry leaves, from my experience in the world of insects, Pentatomomorpha more often appear or live around plants and most of this group are herbivores that suck fluids from various types of leaves and fruit.

finding beautiful insects like this gave me a pleasant and insightful experience, in the midst of our daily activities and of course we often miss the small beauty around us, the forest on the edge of the rice field road in all its simplicity holds a lot of colorful life and stories, Pentatomomorpha is clear evidence, even though its body size is small and difficult to detect spontaneously, Pentatomomorpha is proof of how complex and beautiful natural ecosystems are.

The Pentatomomorpha comprise an infraorder of insects in the true bug order Hemiptera. It unites such animals as the shield- or stink-bugs (Pentatomidae and alies), flat bugs (Aradidae), seed bugs (Lygaeidae and Rhyparochromidae), etc. They are closely related to the Cimicomorpha. Wikipedia

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