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Tectocoris diophthalmus
Cotton Harlequin / Shield bugs. Both approximately 10mm in length.
Coastal mangrove.
Both bugs found in close proximity to each other. Male and female of same species. Colorful one is a late instar nymph and the orange plain one is a female adult.
It will grow over tine to become an amazing world wide scientific database! Love it!
Thank you Ashish. Glad to contribute. So much fun and such an amazing global resource! :-)
Thank you everyone for identifying these. I will add it to the info :-)
This is wonderful spotting and good learning lesson.. How colour changes in Juvenile(Nymph) to Adult stages in Insects from Pentatomoidea family.
According to this link the colorful one is a late instar nymph and the orange plain one is a female adult. These are jewel bugs, the most colorful of the true bugs.
Marie.. I find one picture is not uploaded properly. So rearrange the pictures once you reload second picture (delete second and upload again).
Spotted on Jan 7, 2012
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012
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