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Shield Bug Nymph

Pentatomoidea sp.

Description:

Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order and, as such, share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. They are commonly referred to as shield bugs, chust bugs, and stink bugs. There are about 7000 species under Pentatomoidea, divided under 14 to 15 families.

Habitat:

Sara Campground, Mlawula National Park

12 Comments

KateBraun
KateBraun 9 years ago
pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Kate. Always appreciate your comments...

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks bayucca for that info on the ID...

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

Beautiful.

staccyh
staccyh 10 years ago

This is so cute! I love photo #1.

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks Viv...

KateBraun
KateBraun 10 years ago

Nice find! The colours are great.

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

thanks nosarasue....

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Pentatomoidea nymph, either Scutelleridae of Pentatomidae.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 10 years ago

Fabulous colours Pam. What a find!

nosarasue
nosarasue 10 years ago

Wow, that is stunning!

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Mar 27, 2014
Submitted on Mar 30, 2014

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