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Red Pumpkin Bug / Cucurbit Stink Bug

Coridius janus

Notes:

I saw this 'stink bug' resting on a wild climber on a wall. When I put my hand near, it hopped on to my hand, I took some pictures and let it go into the the cover of the foliage.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Red Pumpkin Bug
Coridius janus Stink Bug | Project Noah


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6 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

nice one!

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Thank you so much for the ID and all the links, bayucca. It was very informative.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Little dive into Indian nature history...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Dinidoridae, Coridius janus, formerly called Aspongopus janus. Common name would be Red Pumpkin Bug or Cucurbit Stink Bug.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/impavid2010...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/surunair/9...
http://www.nbaii.res.in/insectpests/Cori...
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id190...

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Thank you so much bayucca, for the confirmation.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Pentatomidae, Stink Bug.

namitha
Spotted by
namitha

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Spotted on Sep 20, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2013

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