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Red BugsShield bugs
Location: Namibia, Southern Africa
November 20, 2011 2:29 pm
Can you please help identify these shield bugs. They are on the seed cone of Welwitschia mirabilis. The picture was taken at10.50a.m. on 19th April 2011 by the C39 roadside west of Khorixas in Namibia.April was unusually wet in Namibia.
Signature: Roger Pinkney.
Cotton Stainers
Hi Roger,
We aren’t entirely convinced that these True Bugs are Shield Bugs. They may be in another Hemipteran family. We will try to determine their identity.
Hi Daniel and Roger:
These are Cotton Stainers (Pyrrhocoridae); specifically Odontopus sexpunctatus, the Welwitschia Bug. Regards. Karl
Thanks Karl. They aren’t very red for being a Red Bug.
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