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Brachyplatys sp.
Superficially these insects resemble beetles but thanks to Noah spotter input I am now calling these shield bugs in the Family Plataspidae or Plataspididae. See http://eol.org/pages/2645348/overview. PROVISIONALLY, "black bean bugs." Brachyplatys sp. See http://www.pestnet.org/SummariesofMessag... AND http://www.faperta.ugm.ac.id/perlintan20... Another possible genus is Coptosoma http://eol.org/pages/3741324/overview
This spotting on vegetation in fence row in coastal zone village (near ocean beach, sago swamp and forest).
These are the small bugs I find on the terrace furniture at my field base every morning as featured in previous spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/749..., but in a more natural setting here.
Spotted on Sep 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 10, 2011
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or Coptosoma sp. ?