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Musgraveia sulciventris
The 4th or 5th instar of the bronze orange bug (Tessaratomidae). I see several slight differences with images of Musgraveia sulciventris, but perhaps that is just due to the stage of development, and so now I'm going to call it this species.
Observes on a coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed remnant patch of forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
http://www.heteroptera.fr/tessite/Musgra... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVBAaFFJR...
Thanks Wilson. I had considered Musgraveia sulciventris in my description, but your image convinced me it is at least Musgraveia sp.
Spotted on Jul 14, 2013
Submitted on Jul 14, 2013
