Wandering around the bushes, I notice a little bug, grazing the green leafes. It was hard to identify in between the Green leafes. However presence of 3-4 at same place help me to discover them.
They are the Green bug which mostly lives on green leaves of plant, especially the wild weeds. It has a shining shield on top, which help me to differentiate it with Green leafy colour. Slowly I plucked soft stem of thr weed plant and took the bug to my home. I played with it on my hand.
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings - Wikipedia
Jewel bugs are small to medium-sized oval-shaped bugs with a body length averaging at 5 to 20 mm
I found these little bug get speedy thr moment they touched my skin. They started to run fast. But the moment they come across the hairy portion, they are like stuck in dense jungle. They slowed down however still kept moving. Like trying to ran away.
I don't want to harm it. I wanted to befriend it. Her crawling does create little tickle, but it was soft. I played with it before landing them on soil. It flipped and I noticed it has 6 small legs and 2 little tweaks in front.
I could not capture them well, as thr little species always kept moving. It was not stopping and seems always in rush to get away. After snapping it for few min I placed it again back to the plant. And it felt homely.
All images taken using my Samsung mobile camera.
