Blue Stink Bug

I know this was a while ago but did you collect this by any chance? and if so do you still have it. I was going through the accessions (unidentified specimens) in the Australian National Insect Collection and I found another one of these collected from Croker Range, Sabah in 1995. I'm pretty sure it is an undescribed species. I would be very interested in getting my hands on more of them, even if it's just a loan.

Very cool!

What a beauty!

What a fabulous colour and design! Lucky you Dan!!

Blue Stink Bug! Cool found Dan!

Look this! http://www.deviantart.com/art/Blue-shield-bug-348450880

Cool Stink Bug ! I have been living in Sabah for 15 years and I have never seen anything like this.

mmm, the best way of been sure is a predatory stink bug is to watch the mouth parts. Predatory bugs have a thick "beak". Unfortunately is not visible in these pictures

Dan, it looks like a predatory stink bug. The shape and color pattern (not the color itself) is pretty much like the ones we have here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/152886127