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Passion Vine Bug

Diactor bilineatus

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Field Notes

Description:

An insect of very quiet behavior. Their only form of defense at first is hiding behind the leaves where he likes to stay.

Habitat:

This specimen was found in the Brazil's interior, state of Minas Gerais, an area dominated by coffee production where there are very few remnants of the its original rainforest.

Notes:

One of the most exotic and diverse insects that I know. There are so many similar species that I do not know if it would be possible to identify this just for this photo.

Species ID Suggestions

Percevejo do maracujá (Passion vine bug)

Diactor bilineatus

Comments (45)

WOW!! such a nice insects!!! and lovely gallery..
Late to this one Leonardo! Congrats and awesome shot!
Wow! Congratulations! Everyone loves this bug, the photo helps too. lol
Wow, congrats on Spotting of the Day. Great capture.
Thank you so much, my friends!! :) I greatly appreciate it, but... I'm still a little confused with all this movement. It's a lot of information for 3 days only... lol Thank you, really!
Congratulations Leonardo! Wonderful bug and picture!
This is the most beautiful bug I ever saw. I never knew that insects could be so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. And, congratulations.
Welcome to the community Leonardo, & congrats, your fabulously flamboyant looking leaf footed bug has earned you spotting of the day! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153214244965603&set=a.10152383557885603.943728.10150120463815603&type=1 https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/376192123147522049
finib2, Harsha Singh, Carol Snow Milne... thank you, friends!
Great photo! Love all the bright colours - quite a fashionable little guy!
Thank you, my friends!! I'm loving the Project Noah! Very, very interesting website! :)
Cool. We have a leaf-footed bug here in the states. Similar but not nearly as colorful.
This is absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much DiazJoséMiguel, Sergio Monteiro and Sckel!
Lindo. Legal encontrar.
Leonardo, esta é uma ninfa deste percevejo. Os outros que você viu são, provavelmente, adultos.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2013

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