The 30 Most Beautiful Insects in the World
Picasso Bug
The Picasso bug is nature’s work of art.
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This exotic bug, whose scientific name is Sphaerocoris annulus, looks like a child picked up some paints and carefully painted all kinds of abstract designs on its back. Found in subSaharan Africa, the Picasso bug grows to only 1/3 of an inch long. Its ground color is green but it has eleven spots edged with red and black and a wavy band of red-bordered in yellow and black near the head. These colors warn predators that the insect is toxic, but if that doesn’t work, the bug emits an off-putting smell.
The Picasso bug is nature’s work of art.
Dave Montreuil/Shutterstock.com
This exotic bug, whose scientific name is Sphaerocoris annulus, looks like a child picked up some paints and carefully painted all kinds of abstract designs on its back. Found in subSaharan Africa, the Picasso bug grows to only 1/3 of an inch long. Its ground color is green but it has eleven spots edged with red and black and a wavy band of red-bordered in yellow and black near the head. These colors warn predators that the insect is toxic, but if that doesn’t work, the bug emits an off-putting smell.
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02 March 2023
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