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Family Scutelleridae
Brilliant green base colour with large dark patches. Gold highlights. On the left is a golden triangle. ..this is something I have not seen before. Is it just a trick of the light?
Weeds on roadside verge. Residential colony.
Spotted on Jul 17, 2016
Submitted on Jul 17, 2016
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Apparently ladies of yesteryears would cut out small circles of the colourful carapace and use as bindis to decorate the forehead. It is called Kanch-poka (Glass-insect) in Bangla.