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Murgantia histrionica
Harlequin Cabbage Bug or Calico Bug. Bright orange with black pattern and white spots. 15 mm long. There were several of them inthe same plant.
Plant in a mostly arid place.
Pentatomidae, Pentatominae, Strachini, Murgantia histrionica. Actually not a shield but a stink bug. Also called Calico Bug or Fire Bug.
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_qu...
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures...
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/167219/2/ESA_...
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/Murg...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/854816
http://bugguide.net/node/view/557
Spotted on Sep 3, 2014
Submitted on Sep 21, 2014
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