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bronze orange bug nymph

Musgraveia sulciventris

Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

The 4th or 5th instar of the bronze orange bug (Tessaratomidae). I see several slight differences with images of Musgraveia sulciventris, but perhaps that is just due to the stage of development, and so now I'm going to call it this species.

Habitat:

Observes on a coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed remnant patch of forest in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Species ID Suggestions

Giant shield bug nymph

Tessaratomidae musgraveia sp.

Comments (2)

Thanks Wilson. I had considered Musgraveia sulciventris in my description, but your image convinced me it is at least Musgraveia sp.

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