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black bean bug
Brachyplatys sp.
-1.89384, 138.767
Field Notes
Description:
Superficially these insects resemble beetles but thanks to Noah spotter input I am now calling these shield bugs in the Family Plataspidae or Plataspididae. See http://eol.org/pages/2645348/overview. Provisionally, "black bean bugs." Brachyplatys sp.
Habitat:
This spotting on house terrace in coastal zone village (surrounded by ocean beach, sago swamp and forest).
Notes:
I find these small bugs on the terrace furniture at my field base every morning. Presumably they are attracted by the porch light.
Also note the 2nd photo. What's that posterior protuberance?
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