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Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

Unidentified stink bug http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Hemiptera/Heteroptera/unide…

Habitat:

Spotted on a seed pod of the peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) in a large semi-urban yard & garden adjacent to a disturbed remnant patch of forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Southern green stinkbug

Nezara viridula

Reference Link
NicoleB
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Comments (3)
NicoleB
Southern green Shieldbug is what I think. They often have that black area at the bottom back.
Ashish
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Acanthosomatidae/cyphostethus_tristriatus.html
Ashish
spined green shield bug

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Biota of S. Frazier's Yard at Sentani, Papua, Indonesia

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PublishedAugust 4, 2011

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