Scantius aegyptius
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Scantius aegyptius
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
Scantius aegyptius, an old world pyrrhocorid bug, native to the eastern Mediterranean region, was documented for the first time in North America in Orange County during June of 2009. Reports of this insect from other southern California locations (i.e., Riverside County) suggest that this insect has been established for a year or more prior to these Orange County collections.
Description: Adults are typically 7 to 9 mm in length and display aposematic warning coloration of contrasting red and black. The head, antennae and legs are black. The forewings (hemelytra) which cover the back of the insect are conspicuously marked with two round black spots against a bright orange-red background color. The thoracic sternites are red-orange and the abdominal sternites are bright orange-red with various black markings laterally. Nymphs can be entirely red, with increasing dark maculation developing with each molt.
MaleS. Aegyptius possess enlarged front femora, apparently used for grasping the female during copulation and mating pairs are common wherever this bug is encountered.
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