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Riptortus serripes
Riptortus serripes is a kind of "broad-headed bug" of the Family Alydidae, "a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives)." AKA the brown bean bug, Riptortus serripes is brown in colour with yellow lines along each side of the body. Its body is slim and narrower in the middle, with short sharp spine on each side of the thorax. It also has strong spiny hind legs. The bug is an active flyer. Adults can be found on other plant leaves. When disturbed, the bug will eject some yellow smelly liquid as defense.
Spotted on a peacock flower seed pod (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) in a large semi-urban yard & garden situated next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
True to its common name, this broad-headed bug was spotted on a seed pod.
Spotted on Feb 20, 2013
Submitted on Aug 21, 2013
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