Acanthocoris scaber

Latin Name	Observation date	Location
Acanthocoris scaber	September 6 2024	Buket Alue Puteh, Aceh, Indonesia

Acanthocoris scaber is a species of insect from the coreidae family which is known as the "thorn bug", this insect can be found in various habitats, especially in tropical and subtropical areas. throughout its body, and for this reason insects from the Acanthocoris scaber clan are known as "thorn bugs".

I know, there are many variations of this type of insect and it has similarities, especially with leaf-footed insects, they are almost 100% similar, so on this occasion I want to reveal some of the main characteristics of the Acanthocoris scaber insect or "thorn bug" to, I hope, a review This can help you to recognize and increase your insight into the world of insects that are always around us.

Several main characteristics of the Acanthocoris scaber insect that differentiate it from other insects;

• Appearance: The Acanthocoris scaber insect has a relatively medium to large body with gray, black and a slight mixture of brown, while the spines and bumps on the insect's body give it a distinctive appearance and function as a defense mechanism for the insect to survive sudden predator attacks. Suddenly, the small spines on the insect's body are very sharp and you don't need to make physical contact when you find them in the wild because you are worried that they will accidentally injure your skin.

• Body size: I looked carefully at this insect which only has a body size of around 1-2 cm.

• Habitat: These insects are easy to find in open forests, I found them on a small fig tree in one of the forests near the house, apart from that they can also be found in several other places such as bushes and plantations, but I think they only look for dense trees for shelter, so if you want to look for this type of insect then you can look for small fig trees in tropical forests, and I am 100% sure they are there.

from several references that I have read indicate that the Acanthocoris scaber insect is one of the herbivores that feeds on plant sap, Acanthocoris scaber uses their proboscis to pierce and suck the sap from plants, so if you find them on your cultivated plants such as olives then you need to move them to another place, because the presence of Acanthocoris scaber in olive groves will damage the fertility of the plants.

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Camera used	smartphone
Lens	Macro
Photography	Acanthocoris scaber
Location	Buket Alue Puteh
Photographer	@lightofhope

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Link to original	community
Link	https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240733003

Latitude Longitude	Map
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