Elaborate flag-waving behaviour is found in at least five species of coreid bugs with tibial flags. (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Elaborate flag-waving behaviour is found in at least five species of coreid bugs with tibial flags.

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Elaborate flag-waving behaviour is found in at least five species of coreid bugs with tibial flags. All species that display this behaviour possess conspicuous, elaborate tibial flags and are Passiflora specialists. a) Bitta lurida b) Bitta hymeniphera c) Diactor bilineatus d) Bitta gradadia and e) Anisoscelis foliaceus. Credit: B. lurida © adel-fridus, iNaturalist observation:, accessed 17/03/2025; B. hymeniphera © Erika Nathaly Bernal Morales, iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48812802, accessed 17/03/2025; D. bilineatus © tyski, 2023, iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/188839210, accessed 17/03/2025; B. gradadia photo by Ummat Somjee; A. foliaceus © Cristian Serrano, iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54789401, accessed 17/03/2025. 

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Connor Evans-Blake, Juliette J. Rubin and Ummat Somjee

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