Wildlife Spotting

There must be pictures of Callipharas on the net. Actually I don't know what you are doing, I am going to Norway know. I hope you will found some good links and folks who can help you more. Good luck, Jolly!

Have you already checked Calliphara excellens or Calliphara nobilis?? But careful, some of the IDs on the web are not correct.

From the collection of coleen.sucgang from iloilo, AshishNimkar give an ID of Asian jewel bug (chrysocoris stolli). RicardoBayshark's ID is its a Harlequin bug.

Very beautiful looks like a jewel.

Jol, is this jathropa called tuba-tuba in pilipino?

The larva of Nobilis is exclusively feeding on mangrove plant Excoecaria algallocha. But it is the larva! I don't know if you have some Excoecaria algallocha in your area and how many miles the range of this bug would be. I do not know what Excellens is feeding on.

I think it is either Calliphara excellens or Calliphara nobilis. I guess that some IDs on the web are also not safe or even wrong. Personally I can't separate them.

Nice pictures... Reminded my spotting.. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8470486

Jolly this is great spotting and this will be remembered to reference of Eggs of this Bug. This one look to be female laying eggs...!!

Bayucca ID is.. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5693641

OK you won! Since I never delete my wrong IDs I must say yours is definitely the better choice. Look at the missing orange belly and the red legs, black knees. The only thing which is different are the larger black spots on the back in your shot compared to some pictures of Calliphara excellens. I would go with this one. If you would like I can delete the wrong ID.

Hi, hi, no problem!

Hmm, yes! Hmm, what about the orange belly?? Hmm, no, maybe...

You have to verify!! I am not 100% sure. Maybe you have dorsal shot to compare the spots. Stollii is quite common in your area. Take it as a hint!