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giant shield bug
Lyramorpha cf. maculifer
-2.56284, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
A "giant shield bug" (Tessaratomidae). This is the same individual in the same spot as in spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7146358. She's still vigilant but look how her brood of nymphs has changed in just 3 days! Eggs still visible.
Habitat:
This spotting on a guava (Psidium sp.) tree in a large semi-urban yard/garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 30, 2011
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