24-12-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - SEED BUG (Spilostethus furcula)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469934-Spilostethus-furcula

5-6-2017 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - SEED BUG (Spilostethus furcula)

Spilostethus furcula is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

Adults can exceed one centimetre in length. The head is small, with a pair of bulging eyes on both sides. Long antennae with four segments, pronotum "kind of shield located between the head and the abdomen, red with black spots, the abdomen is covered by hemyelytra "chitinous wings whose function is to protect the true wings. The true wings are membranous and greyish or brown. The Scutellum "triangular piece located below the pronotum, black in colour and the abdomen with a zebra-like margin of red and black, these being its main characteristics.