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Rhynchocoris longirostris
These are juveniles , the large one is 1 cm across the widest part of the body and 2 cm from head to the tip of abdomen. The adult is green with spike on both shoulders.
It feeds on cultivated citrus fruit piercing it with a pointed mouthpiece.
Argy Bee, the bugs are not on young fruits. The fruit pictured is already mature and is starting to ripen. Anyway, the bugs does little harm to the plant.
Here is my spotting for the nymph: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/120...
Shekainah, these stink bugs are endemic to the Philippines. Here is my spotting of the adult: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127... You can also add it to the Philippine Endemic Species Mission.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2012
Submitted on Nov 24, 2012
