Oteng-oteng beetle

Do you often see this one beetle species?

Of course, if you often plant plants that produce fruit, such as green pumpkin plants, cucumber plants and some fruit plants with green leaves.

Of course, if you often plant plants that produce fruit, such as green pumpkin plants, cucumber plants and some fruit plants with green leaves, you will see this one animal.

His name is Oteng-oteng

Oteng-oteng is a species of insect that lives and develops on any green plant or fruit plant that is often cultivated by farmers.
In our area it is often called the Kuya beetle or Kuya Kutu, while insect experts refer to it as Aulocophora similis Oliver, a ladybug similar to the koksi beetle (general type) that lives in host plant locations surrounded by ladybugs called ladybugs or is a pest to farmers.

In general terms it is also said to be an attacking insect or leaf destroying insect, its activities in the attacker are carried out jointly with the herd so that leaves quickly run out when they are in one plant.

This oteng-oteng is often found in plants cultivated by garden farmers, in general it will always be in their favorite plants such as:

1. Eggplant
2. Watermelon
3. Green pumpkin
4. and luffa plants.

There is one unique characteristic of this beetle, which is that it will stop from moving when we want to touch it and if there is a chance it will fly or move away from you when approaching it.

When I take photos, they are doing a common ritual that is having a wedding, when they do this activity they won't care about someone's presence, they will stay focused on their work so we are free to take their photos.

These beetles are having sexual intercourse or routine or often called ovipar, while ovipar itself is the reproduction of animals by laying eggs. This technique is done by the male attaching to the female's body at the back of the female's body, so that the embryo will grow and develop in the egg, outside the mother's body. However, the male will still supply sperm to the female egg sac to the egg, and this often occurs in relationships between males and females.

This kind of behavior is often done by every beetle in the plant area, and there are even leafbugs having sex simultaneously or more than two partners.

In contrast to these oteng-oteng, they have sexual intercourse normally, in the way mentioned above, or as you can see in the picture as seen below, here are some of the activities in the picture that oteng-oteng do.

Farmers who are cultivating fruit trees really do not want their presence, so are always looking for ways to get rid of them, and are also often hunted by lady bugs or koksi beetles.

This oteng-oteng, or this one species, is often found in red or the like, to find it is also not difficult because the color is striking, there is a difference in color when it is on the leaves of green leaves, today I happen to find it on an ornamental plant we who already have an age of approximately one month.

That is a very brief explanation of its existence in the area of ​​flower plants that are expanding or are being reproduced. Hopefully their presence will soon move away from our ornamental plants after they finish mating.