Bark bug

Missed this one Sergio.Brilliant spotting !

Great work, especially getting the babies

Awesome!

How did I miss this a year ago? Oh, yeah... because you had a couple thousand spottings at the time! ;-) This is the neatest thing I've seen all day. :-)

Phloea subquadrata? http://photoentomologia.blogspot.ch/2011/05/phloeidae.html http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/180/ http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/728359/display/13826081

Beautiful pics! although the one with the siblings is kind of... strong! hahaha normally I'd say this guys are disgusting but trough the noah project I have learned to see the beauty on these animals! thanks!

WONDERFUL! You found it! I was reading that the 3 known species (and now yours if a new species) are all from Brazil. Amazing. Such a wonderful thing. This article (that you probably already saw) talks about maternal care in these bugs, which is so obvious in your pictures. What is still a mystery, is how and on what, the nymphs feed. The larger nymphs are on the bark, obviously feeding, but the tinier nymphs stay under their mother. Congratulations. http://www.eje.cz/pdfarticles/180/.

Awesome spotting! Congrats on your 2,500! A wonderful landmark for someone with an even more wonderful personality! I love all your photos, Sergio, keep on spotting! :)

Hi Sergio. I sent you some pictures of nymphs similar to these. I sent them to your e-mail, I didn't know what else to do with them for you to see them. They are supposedly Pentatomids. I also sent you a picture of another species of Pentatomid taking care of her young underneath her. And I sent you some information to check, if you can go and get one of the adults, so we can have a look at some of the morphological details (not visible in the pictures) that may help determine if it is a Pentatomid, Aradid or something else. Saludos.

Nossa Sergio, que impressionante!!! Grande série!

Nice bug Sergio, I specially like the second picture. By the way, you are invited to submit this picture on Mimetic Animals mission

Congratulations Sergio on your 2500th. All superb!

#3 incredible!

Awesome spotting, congratulations too :)

3rd picture is incredeble!

Amazing spotting! Congrats on the 2500!

Incredible spotting!

Quite the mystery ! Very nice spotting !

Magnificent Spotting ! I have never seen such a bug before. My guess is that these are some unique species of bark bugs.

This is a marvelous bug. I can't believe that she shelters her nymphs under her, she certainly has room and it is a good idea biologically. Seeing the underside, it is definently a Hemiptera. Aradidae is a good possibility, even though this one is weird looking. An Aradid should have wings, but small, not covering the abdomen, the antennae and proboscis should both be 4 segmented, the tarsi should be 2 segmented and there should be no oscelli. Can you check those things? It looks like you can go get one to examine.

Fabulous spotting and achievement, Sergio. Brazil is truly a Wonderland--curiouser and curiouser.

I'd guess a member of the roach family

Xará 2500 é obra :) fantástico,parabéns meu amigo Congrats Xará for this amazing achievement of 2500th spottings of such a quality,congrats and thanks for sharing with us :)

Wonderful!

magnífico!