Jewel Bug or Kanch Poka
Chrysocoris stolli
22.5417, 88.3164
Field Notes
Description:
Irridescent green with black spots. Impossible to forget, once seen. Instantly recognizable.
Habitat:
Flying around in a confused manner in my neighbour's compound. It sat on the wall, then the gate, then on a cycle parked nearby and finally on the cyclist's shirt before flying away. Very restless...all I got was this shot and a blurry one! I saw it in my garden today (21/8/2014)...but a glimpse was all I got.
Notes:
These bugs were very common about 25 years back...relatively rare now. The colourful cuticle used to be cut into tiny pieces and stuck on , between the eyebrows, (a bindi) by girls of a previous generation...now we have suede patches and the dwindling population is safer!
Kanch means glass or mirror and poka is generic term for insects in Bangla.
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