
This "Hexagonal Mandala" painting shows a female harlequn bug guarding her new eggs. The branch she was on was shared with many, many other harlequins of all sizes which would come running along and walk across her eggs. She would manouver her body around to protect the precious eggs and nudge the intruder away. These insects are harmless sap suckers. Unlike beetles they do not have a jaw but rather a probiscus for sucking sap. The males are pretty metalic blues and greens.
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