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spined predatory shield bug, Schellenberg's soldier bug
Oechalia schellenbergii
-2.563, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
This is the first and so far only spotting of this species in my yard. As its common name implies it is a predator (on caterpillars and other soft-bodies insects).
Habitat:
Observed in a large semi-urban yard/garden adjacent to a disturbed patch of remnant forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Notes:
Another link http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_2873.htm
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 13, 2011
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