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  1. @mushi My brother just found a cute bug in his room http://i.imgur.com/CW8wXgm.jpg

    Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:15:02 UTC from MuSTArDroid
    1. @northernnarwhal oh, i've seembsome of those here, they are nice but a bit weird.

      Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:18:38 UTC from web
      1. @mushi i used to find a lot of those sucking the pomegranates, but now i usually only find red relative of these guys

        Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:23:08 UTC from web
        1. @mushi Oh so they are related to what is called box elder bugs here?

          Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:23:41 UTC from web
          1. @awl yes, they are port of the hemyptera family. Here we call them "barbeiro" (barber), but i dont know why

            Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:28:39 UTC from web
            1. @mushi Well, I don't know why we call them box elder bugs here either.

              Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:32:22 UTC from web
              1. @awl oh, it seems it is because there is a certain species that transmits chagas disease, and when they sting humans it is usually on the face, where the beard is. It is a pretty bad reason, though

                Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:34:58 UTC from web
                1. @mushi creative, at least.

                  Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:35:31 UTC from web
                2. @mushi I tend to kill anything that looks like that because of that disease.

                  Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:38:23 UTC from web
                  1. @nerthos if you see it in the day, than it is not the chagas one

                    Sunday, 21-Feb-16 01:39:48 UTC from web
                    1. @mushi Huh. That's actually a good piece of info.

                      Sunday, 21-Feb-16 06:46:27 UTC from web