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Pygoplatys lancifer
Ornate Shield Bug found sitting on eggs near a river in the Bornean jungle. One of the uncommon species of insects that are "brooders", they take care of their young. I walked past this spot everyday on the way to my research site, it was there protecting the eggs for at least 5 days after I first spotted her.
Rainforest. Wehea Protected Forest of East Kalimantan, Indonesia (island of Borneo)
I appreciate your description. I think it's amazing it cares for its babies as birds do.
I have already favorited and commented on this amazing spotting but I had to give an update. Thanks to the keen eyes of Noah ranger Chun Xing Wong, I also spotted this incredible insect and was able to take some great photos as well. BTW, this spotting does not belong in the Arthropods of Java mission or the Organisms of Java mission, please remove it from both, thanks.
Hi KaraNorby. Your spotting is featured in the new PN blog post via a link! Cheers
http://projectnoah.tumblr.com/post/58511...
Wow what a magnificent bug. Would you consider adding it to the mission arthropods of Indonesia. http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1773...
I have uploaded my pictures of the immature ones.
With your photograph of this adult and the eggs, we have completed a pictorial life cycle of this species in Project Noah.
Very interesting spot ! This exotic bugs are just fabulous, great colours and shapes !
Fabulous bug. So geometric. And then she makes a perfect hex pattern with the eggs! Great spotting.
Will you still have an opportunity to visit? It would be a great to monitor the development of the nymphs as was done here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129...
Very interesting.
Your spottings are all intersting (I have never seen some of your spotted creatures). Thank you very much for sharing.
ID is Pygoplatys lancifer what Bayucca want to suggest.....
http://www.heteroptera.fr/tessite/Pygopl...
@Despina: Sounds good! Reading the french comments in the forum, I do not know on which one they are referring. Both names, Hypencha aeroplana and Pygoplatys sp. are mentioned. I can't say more than my suggestion which is in any case to be verified! The family of Tessaratomidae is confirmed anyway.
http://www.insecte.org/forum/viewtopic.p...
Spotted on Jul 10, 2012
Submitted on Sep 26, 2012
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