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Cletus trigonus
About 1-1.5cm in length. There are three small white dots on its back. Cletus trigonus (Thunberg, 1783). The images I found on the net/blogsites identified the common name as Slender Rice Bug, however, this common name also refers to another bug, Leptocorisa sp., with a real slender body (http://sinobug.aminus3.com/image/2012-01...). Classification: Hemiptera (Order) > Heteroptera (Suborder) > Coreidae (Family) > Coreinae (Subfamily) > Gonocerini (Tribe) > Cletus (Genus). Distribution includes the Philippines: http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/....
Backyard, in Biñan Laguna, Philippines.
Sources: http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Bu..., http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/..., http://pk-photography.blogspot.com/2010_...
Spotted on Oct 9, 2012
Submitted on Oct 15, 2012
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