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giant shield bug
Agapophyta cf viridula
-1.89429, 138.767
Field Notes
Description:
A "giant shield bug" (Tessaratomidae) demonstrating brooding behavior (egg guarding), for which they are known. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessaratomidae.
Habitat:
This spotting on an ornamental croton shrub (Codiaeum variegatum) in a village yard (near disturbed lowland forest and sago swamp, and the Pacific Ocean).
Notes:
Another link http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Hemiptera/Heteroptera/natur… For a similar spotting of another species from this family taking care of her newly hatched nymphs see: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7146358
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Photographed
PublishedAugust 24, 2011
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