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Shield back bug

Pachycoris torridus




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13 Comments

Leuba
Leuba 4 months ago

very nice !

tmvdh
tmvdh 4 months ago

Hi Juan,
thanks for the link!
Here's another one - leading to an article I wrote about a colour morph of P. torridus I found in Costa Rica:
http://cro.ots.ac.cr/rdmcnfs/datasets/vi...
Sorry - it's in German.

Agustín Amenabar
Agustín Amenabar 4 months ago

All the same insect! wow.
It should be called the Variable bug.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 4 months ago

Hi tmvdh. I think Sergio refered to http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=s...

Telse
Telse 4 months ago

Nice!

tmvdh
tmvdh 4 months ago

Hi asergio,

which article do you refer to?

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 4 months ago

Very nice. The article I posted cites that 8 different descriptions were made of the same species!

tmvdh
tmvdh a year ago

Hola Juan,

me puedes contactar via correo electrónico?
Tengo una pregunta con respecto a Pachycoris torridus. (Encontré un espécimen en Costa Rica.)

Gracias y saludos

Torsten (tmvdh@web.de)

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani a year ago

I still find hard to believe this insect is the same specie of this one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/641...

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

Lovely!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves a year ago

Este es hermoso

LarsKorb
LarsKorb a year ago

Camou-King...excellent.

CataAna
CataAna a year ago

Wow, what a beautiful bug!

Colón, Panama

Lat: 9.15, Long: -79.85

Spotted on Apr 3, 2007
Submitted on Jun 12, 2011

Spotted for mission

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