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Horned stink bug

Deroploa parva

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A small bug with large shoulder pads.
I know of no species with such large blunt shoulders, terminating in a yellow spot.

Habitat:

On Acacia

Notes:

this is tiny, about 7mm

We suspect this might be Deroploa parva http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id906329/
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/14554

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
MartinL
Thanks Mark, a bug this small has to do what it can to look bigger.
Mark Ridgway
Shoulder pads.. power dressing from the 90's ?

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PublishedMarch 18, 2014

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