Post #879195
2026-03-31 01:18 UTC
Man-faced stink bug (Catacanthus incarnatus) is a shield bug from Southeast Asia etc., famous for a pattern on its back that eerily resembles a human face, the markings are meant as human face mimicry to distract predators, they congregate in huge numbers, if the human mimicry does not scare the predators away, they emit a strong, pungent odor from glands on their thorax.
#weird #insects #bugs #nature
Replies (4)
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@KrisBock@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 01:23
@divergence001 that is wild!
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@grob@mstdn.social 2026-03-31 06:19
@divergence001 Bert bug :blobcatgiggle:
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@heinragas@mublog.nl 2026-03-31 07:31
@divergence001 I know this one from Animal Crossing!
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@FlashF1R3@pixelfed.social 2026-03-31 03:06
That is very cool! We have many stink bugs over here in the US but not any yellow face ones like that. I would love to shoot macro photos of bugs in Southeast Asia.