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Lyramorpha cf. maculifer
A "giant shield bug" (Tessaratomidae). This is the same individual as posted yesterday in spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/715....... She's still on the job but look how her brood of nymphs has changed in just 1 day!
This spotting on a guava (Psidium sp.) tree in a large semi-urban yard and garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Project Noah Fact of the Day: We are always amazed at Nature and always learning more about her. Did you know that some insects provide parental care for their young? Here is a great article on Insect Parents:
http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/iphy4480...
Giant shield bug (Lyramorpha cf. maculifer) spotted in Indonesia by PN user Scott Frazier.
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Thank you so much for posting this Scott Frazier! Because it is showing a lot of nature and this is an amazing bug!!
Wonderful photo, with a wonderful representation of parental care within insects. When I showed this to my friend, they thought the adult was eating the children. ._.
@Magnien. For a series on changes in nymph development during care in the same species, see http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/129...
Hello Magnien. Thanks. Yes you can post on your site, but what's the URL first please? Also please give due credit and post original link. You've probably already seen my mission on parental care? http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
Would you allow me to post this one on my site ? (because of the maternal care, of course)
This picture with the nymphs is very interesting. It shows that this species pratices maternal care as is often the case for the Oncomerine bugs. It has already been documented for an other species of Lyramorpha, in Australia, by Georg Monteith. (see for example http://www.google.com/imgres?q=lyramorph...)
Spotted on Aug 31, 2011
Submitted on Aug 31, 2011
