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Cantao ocellatus
A lone shield bug guarding its eggs on a rainy day. The eggs were laid at the under surface of the leaf of the Mallotus paniculatus (Turn-in-the-wind) plant.
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Spotted on Sep 10, 2011
Submitted on Sep 20, 2011
4 Comments
Excellent! This would make a fine addition to the Brooding behavior/parental care mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
This is just spectacular...!!!
I suggest you add this beautiful picture to: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
Perfect!
What a pretty shield bug!