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Heteroptera

通用名稱：

True bugs, typical bugs

分配：

Every continent except Arctic and Antarctica, especially in the tropics

棲息地：

Terrestrial and aquatic

飲食：

Plant sap, nectar, blood, dried seeds, smaller plant-eating insect

全球物種數量：

40,000

香港的物種數量：

561

形態學
（如何識別它們）：

-Usually small and flat
-Forewings with two textures, harden at the base and transparent at tips
-Wings are folded flat and forms an X-shaped design at the back
-Have a sucking mouthparts and a hardened gula (a hard bridge that separates the mouthparts)

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你可知道 ？

Heteroptera is a very diverse group. Some curiosities about different groups are:
-Sphaerodema sp. males carry the eggs on their backs until they are hatched.
-Gerris sp. (the water skaters) are able to walk on water due to their long, hydrophobic legs and bristle fringes creating buoyancy for them to float.
-Pentatomidae (stink bugs) are able to eject a jet of stinking liquid to a distance of up to 50 cm.

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