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Insecto
Ceratozygum horridum
8.88643, -79.7378
Field Notes
Description:
Pentatomidae, Cyrtocoridae
Notes:
The most interesting thing about this insect is that it turns dark when wet, just like tree bark, and some of its colors actually change, not just darken. Attached is a paper, “Camouflage by Integumentary Wetting in Bark Bugs,” that Bob Silberglied and I wrote about it and another wetable bug in 1980. (Annete Aiello, STRI.)
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