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giant shield bugs (nymph)

Tessaratomidae

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13 Comments

aldrin
aldrin 11 years ago

thanks tibiprada

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

lovely bug !

aldrin
aldrin 11 years ago

sir Eric Noora, salamat po...
ang gaganda po ng mga spottings nyo....

aldrin
aldrin 11 years ago

thanks Ismael.
and Ahish, thank you for the suggestions..

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Nice. Reminded me of one of my earliest spotting which I have yet to identify - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/694...
Looks similar to yours but different color (not to mention yours has a better composition) :-)
But with Ashish's link below I think I have a candidate :-)

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

Great spotting

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Very nice catch and great macro as well..
They had lovely eyes..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessaratomi...

aldrin
aldrin 11 years ago

thanks

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Super cool great find !

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Nice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Your background makes the insect come alive!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

This is the nymph of one of the "giant shield bugs" (family Tessaratomidae)

aldrin
Spotted by
aldrin

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on Jun 21, 2012

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