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Rainbow Shield Bug

Calidea sp.

Description:

Small (4-5 mm) nymphs.

Habitat:

Wet Meadowland with some shrubs. (after recent rains) (Close to Sphiso camp site, Mlawula Nature reserve)

7 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 8 years ago

Thanks for the reference link in the ID suggestion Kate. Great one! ID changed.

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Thank you Kate, Luis and Pam for the support to find an ID and great comments.

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

love these bugs, and it's a really great, clear photo of them....

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Great find Tiz!

KateBraun
KateBraun 9 years ago

The host plant looks like it's probably Ziziphus mucronata
http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/speciesinfo...

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Host plan, a young tree of some kind. I am really not good at the trees and plants here.... No adults sitting in that tree at all at the time for the spotting. Two days after I found nymph in that tree (twice the size) that looked like Scutelleridae (similar to rainbow shield bug)...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

My guess would be Pentatomoidea, so probably Pentatomidae or Scutelleridae, quite freshly hatched nymphs. Did you find some adults around? Any IDea about the host plant?

Tiz
Spotted by
Tiz

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Apr 3, 2014
Submitted on Apr 7, 2014

Spotted for Mission

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