David Element
Wildlife
Photography and Digital Video Images
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Bugs
41 Squashbugs
SQUASHBUG Plinachtus
imitator
SQUASHBUG Plinachtus
imitator
SQUASHBUG Plinachtus
imitator
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This rather handsome squashbug
or leatherbug Plinchatus
imitator was photographed in Toscana (Tuscany),
Italy. The photographer knows vey little about it other than the fact that it
appears to have thorny projections on its pronotum and a predilection for Scabious Knautia sp.
flowers. This bug is reported to be monophagous, feeding exclusively on Lentisk Pistacia
lentiscus.
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