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Leptocorisa oratoria
Leptocorisa oratoria, the rice ear bug, is an insect from the family Alydidae, the broad-headed bugs. This species is commonly confused with Leptocorisa acuta, a similar and closely related species, called the rice earhead bug.
From the article Leptocorisa oratoria on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It has a slender body, around 2 cm in length, with long legs and a long proboscis. It is yellow-brown in color.
What it does
When disturbed, the bug gives off an unpleasant smell in defense. Females lay around 100–200 eggs on the leaves of the rice plant (Oryza sativa). The eggs hatch into green-colored nymphs, which gradually turn brown as they grow into adults. However, these bugs can sometimes be seen feeding on other plants.
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145555.