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@fairyprince7 submitted: Hello! I found this bug today crawling on my leg and I was wondering if you could ID them for me?

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Found in [removed] Victoria, Australia where itโ€™s currently the first month of Autumn. Quite possibly the strangest bug Iโ€™ve ever seen which is why I wanna know what type they are ^^

(Please remove the [removed] part of my submission, the state and country are ok to keep)

Hello! This is two bugs mating. Theyโ€™re harlequin red bugs, which are true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae, all commonly called red bugs. Guess what! Theyโ€™re rainbow colored underneath :)

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Yes!! Love it. Photos by lorrainecphelan