<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alydidae" class="extiw" title="w:Alydidae">Alydidae</a>, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreidae" class="extiw" title="w:Coreidae">Coreidae</a> (leaf-footed bugs and relatives).
<p>Alydidae are generally of dusky or blackish coloration. The upperside of the abdomen is usually bright orange-red. this color patch is normally not visible as it is covered by the wings; it can be exposed, perhaps to warn would-be predators of these animals' noxiousness: They frequently have scent glands that produce a stink considered to be worse than that of true stink bugs (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae" class="extiw" title="w:Pentatomidae">Pentatomidae</a>). The stink is said to smell similar to a bad case of halitosis.
</p><p>These bugs mainly inhabit fairly arid and sandy habitat, like seashores, heathland, steppe and savannas. Their main food is seeds, which they pierce with their proboscis to drink the nutritious fluids contained within. Some are economically significant pests, for example Leptocorisa oratorius on rice.
</p><p>This is probably a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptocorisa_oratorius" class="extiw" title="w:Leptocorisa oratorius">Leptocorisa oratorius</a></i> species. 
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Taken at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadavoor" class="extiw" title="w:Kadavoor">Kadavoor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala" class="extiw" title="w:Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" class="extiw" title="w:India">India</a>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jkadavoor" title="User:Jkadavoor">Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India</a>
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