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BALI STINK BUG Nymph Family Tessaratomidae©Richard-Seaman.com Awful name but an interesting looking bug and nice coloring… This is probably one of the last bugs you want to meet.   It’s a juvenile Tessaratomid bug, belonging to a family which is closely related to the stink bugs.   Judging from the smell, it’s fairly clear that this bug also uses foul smells as a defense - those four lumps on its back are the outlets of the stink glands, and it didn’t hesitate to use them on me! The juveniles or “nymphs” of bugs are easy to recognize because they have undeveloped wings.   As a bug sheds its skin and goes from “instar” to “instar”, the wings become more and more developed until the final “instar” turns into the adult “imago”. —Richard Seaman Fact Source: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Arthropods/Indonesia/Highlights/index.html Other photos that you might like: Shield Bug with “Elvis” Face Red Cotton Stainer Mallotus Shield Bugs

BALI STINK BUG Nymph
Family Tessaratomidae
©Richard-Seaman.com

Awful name but an interesting looking bug and nice coloring…

This is probably one of the last bugs you want to meet.   It’s a juvenile Tessaratomid bug, belonging to a family which is closely related to the stink bugs.   Judging from the smell, it’s fairly clear that this bug also uses foul smells as a defense - those four lumps on its back are the outlets of the stink glands, and it didn’t hesitate to use them on me! The juveniles or “nymphs” of bugs are easy to recognize because they have undeveloped wings.   As a bug sheds its skin and goes from “instar” to “instar”, the wings become more and more developed until the final “instar” turns into the adult “imago”. —Richard Seaman

Fact Source:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Arthropods/Indonesia/Highlights/index.html

Other photos that you might like:

Shield Bug with “Elvis” Face

Red Cotton Stainer

Mallotus Shield Bugs

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