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family - Pentatomidae
very cool and unique bug, I've never seen a blue bug like this. looks like it has a blue wine glass on its back
tropical rainforest on limestone
I spotted this just outside Pungiton cave near Pensiangan in southern Sabah.
Spotted on Feb 23, 2014
Submitted on Mar 26, 2014
13 Comments
I know this was a while ago but did you collect this by any chance? and if so do you still have it. I was going through the accessions (unidentified specimens) in the Australian National Insect Collection and I found another one of these collected from Croker Range, Sabah in 1995. I'm pretty sure it is an undescribed species. I would be very interested in getting my hands on more of them, even if it's just a loan.
Very cool!
Thanks Narjess.
What a beauty!
Thanks martina.
Thanks Viv and Jason!
What a fabulous colour and design! Lucky you Dan!!
Blue Stink Bug! Cool found Dan!
Thanks for the input Sergio, Juan, Chun and Wilson. I guess we will never know for sure if it is a predatory stink bug, so I've just updated it to stink but with the family. Wilson, nice find with your link, the exact same bug!
Look this!
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Blue-shiel...
Cool Stink Bug !
I have been living in Sabah for 15 years and I have never seen anything like this.
mmm, the best way of been sure is a predatory stink bug is to watch the mouth parts. Predatory bugs have a thick "beak". Unfortunately is not visible in these pictures
Dan, it looks like a predatory stink bug. The shape and color pattern (not the color itself) is pretty much like the ones we have here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/152...