Red bugs, an affair over Roselle

 (Update: Common name: red cotton bug,
Sci name: Dysdercus cingulatus. Thanks Andrea)

They came and hovered around roselle in Putrajaya. And now they are here too in Tanah Merah, making roselle their homes.  The timing is almost identical. They waited until roselle is downhill on age., when the first set of leaves is about to dry and die... I have seen similar red bugs over in Rosiah's garden playing with roselle too. When we were young the red bugs were everywhere, as we picked kekabu (Ceiba pentandra), our local cotton.

I am tracing what seemed to be a woman's world. 

She just dragged along the poor lover.

Red Bugs, they are on top of the world, the leaf is aging.

Red bugs: they are coming down

red bugs: woman's world!

Red Bugs: Oh, the bend.

Red Bugs: heading towards roselle.

Red Bugs: hold on

Red Bugs: lover's legs dangling.

Red Bugs: almost there.

  Both must be very thirsty,
a sip of roselle juice will do just fine......

bangchik and kakdah
Tanah Merah, Kelantan