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Picasso Bug

rare

Picasso Bug

Sphaerocoris annulus

Habitat
Sub-Saharan Africa
Body length
8 mm
Order
Hemiptera · Scutelleridae

Weird but real

Its shell is painted with eleven ring-shaped patterns that look hand-drawn by a modernist.

Why it's cool

Walks around carrying what looks like a tiny abstract painting on its back. Nature went off.

Photographs

Picasso Bug Sphaerocoris annulus in Cumberland Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal.
Alandmanson · CC BY 4.0 · source
Sphaerocoris annulus. Museum specimen
Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source