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Unidentified shield bug

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Description:

A new meaning to computer bug! This unidentified shield bug landed on the top on my laptop's screen. Help with ID appreciated.

Habitat:

My mobile office (second shot). More specifically, a garden near the sea in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Notes:

Body less than 10 mm

1 Species ID Suggestions

Mark Ridgway 3 years ago

Shield bug

Pseudatelus notatipennis Pseudatelus notatipennis (Hemiptera of Botswana) · iNaturalist

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9 Comments

Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Surely a Stink bug Pentatomidae

DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks Satyen!

Wild Things 12 years ago

Pretty little fellow.

DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks for your comment MaryEvans2!

MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Nice macro - and I want your "office" :)

DanielePralong 12 years ago

It is Karen! I didn't really try to bring the site down :-)

KarenL 12 years ago

So this is your computer bug! :)

DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thanks animaisfotos! What the series doesn't show in a large acacia tree from which the bug probably fell...

animaisfotos 12 years ago

What an amazing working place. Nature blessing you with its presence... Thanks for sharing. Its a very nice capture.

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Spotted by
DanielePralong

Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Spotted on Nov 28, 2011
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012

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