OuiSi Nature · Card 184
Flag-footed Bug
Anisoscelis flavolineata
- Location
- Bocas del Toro, Panama
- Date
- May 26, 2016
Photograph byChristian ZieglerDescription
This amazingly colorful bug has warning colors and is best avoided because it is poisonous. Here an adult is sitting on a spectacular maracuya flower. When they are young, the bugs feed on the poisonous sap of the maracuya plant, which renders them poisonous.
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The photographer
Christian Ziegler
Tropical biologist turned photojournalist for Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and NatGeo.
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