Lynchee Giant Stink Bug (Tessaratomidae: Tessaratoma papillosa) from Siem Reap, Cambodia. I was wandering around the perimeter of our hotel looking for insects when a small group of men on motorcycles starting eyeing me (as a rather large white guy with a big goofy-looking camera, this was not unusual). As I walked past, I pointed to my camera and said "malang!" (Thai for 'bug', since I didn't know any Cambodian). They smiled and one of them got a funny look on his face and ran off. Moments later he returned with this enormous stink bug and laughed heartily as I proceeded to freak out over its awesomeness.
Assassin bug, Reduviidae, from Siem Reap, Cambodia.
A colorful leafhopper (Cicadellidae) feeds by puncturing a central leaf vein with its piercing mouthparts in Monteverde, Costa Rica.
