Terrible in Spanish but apparently a tasty treat in the Philippines 😅😆

Likely a reduction of compound eyes. Putoids are thought to have diverged from archaeococcoids that have a pair of compound eyes. The majority of extant scale diversity (Neococcoidea) has males with a pair of dorsal simple eyes, a pair of ventral simple eyes, and a pair of ocelli.

It's since been reported from several Caribbean islands + French Guiana. Codiaeum variegatum is native to Australasia though, so perhaps it's from there and just has never been collected or reported. Invasive species often prefer their native hosts once they arrive in a new area

Thank you! Everything is hand held, mostly in-situ. I rear out parasitoid wasps, male scales, etc. indoors sometimes. My set-up is a Canon 6D Mark II, a MP-E 65mm 1–5x lens, and twin-flashes.

Thank you for the shout out, Dan! I'm excited to have your photos back in my feed!