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Field Notes

Description:

A beetle.

Habitat:

Spotted in a tropical , semi forest location.

Notes:

About a CM in size. resting on a small plant. Pale red with black spots on back.

Species ID Suggestions

Red Cotton Bug

Dysdercus cingulatus

Reference Link
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Comments (1)
bayucca
Hemiptera, (Beetles are order Coleoptera), Pyrrhocoridae (family name), Dysdercus sp. and most probably Dysdercus cingulatus. http://www.ccs-hk.org/DM/butterfly/Bugs/Hemiptera/Dysdercus-cingulatus.html It is a True Bug, not a beetle. Pyrrhocoridae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocoridae

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Arthropods of North India
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedNovember 9, 2013

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