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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 99 No. 99 |

Forest Bug
Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) – species of family “Stink Bugs“

The forest bug or red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae....

Ancestry Graph

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„Explained as easy as pie — How insects communicate with their environment“ Insects communicate in various ways, including pheromones, sounds, and visual signals, to interact with each other and survive.

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Explained as easy as pie — How insects communicate with their environment

„Forest Bug“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily