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pod-sucking bug
Riptortus serripes
-2.56301, 140.504
Field Notes
Description:
Species is from the Family "Alydidae, commonly known as broad-headed bugs, a family of true bugs very similar to the closely related Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs and relatives). There are about 40 genera with 250 species altogether. Distributed in the temperate and warmer regions of the Earth, most are tropical and subtropical animals." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alydidae
Habitat:
Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.
Notes:
See also the subsequent spotting on the same peacock flower tree, 6 months later here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10266607
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 7, 2011
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