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Dysdercus obliquus
A pair of neat bugs that I've not encountered before. About 1.5 cm long. These are seed feeding "Red Bugs" of the Family Pyrrhocoridae with a Mexico - Central American distribution.
Came to an ultraviolet light set up along the highway on a cliff between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 18.5, 1164 meters elevation.
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:... http://www.austinbug.com/pyrrhocoridae.h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocori...
Spotted on Jul 27, 2016
Submitted on Sep 6, 2016
4 Comments
You are welcome Lauren!
Thank you Torsten, I was hoping you knew. I found the species, I should have taken a lateral shot to get the red underside.
Thank you Felix, haha de los Mirids…… :)
Most likely a species of the genus Dysdercus (Pyrrhocoridae).
Aren't they Mirids?