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Cucurbit Stink Bug or Red Pumpkin Bug.

Coridius janus

Habitat:

Found in Alathur, Palakkad District of Kerala State, India

Notes:

It crawled all over my left hand, but did not do any harm to me.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Stink Bug
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4 Comments

VincentVanur
VincentVanur 10 years ago

Thank you, bayucca. I shall edit the common name accordingly.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Common name would be Cucurbit Stink Bug or Red Pumpkin Bug.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/891...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/378...

VincentVanur
VincentVanur 11 years ago

Thank you, bayucca. I have edited my spotting accordingly.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Dinidoridae, Coridius janus, formerly called Aspongopus janus.

VincentVanur
Spotted by
VincentVanur

Kerala, India

Spotted on Jan 1, 2013
Submitted on Jan 9, 2013

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