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Unidentified shield bug

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Field Notes

Description:

A new meaning to computer bug! This unidentified shield bug landed on the top on my laptop's screen. Help with ID appreciated.

Habitat:

My mobile office (second shot). More specifically, a garden near the sea in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Notes:

Body less than 10 mm

Species ID Suggestions

Shield bug

Pseudatelus notatipennis

Reference Link
Mark Ridgway
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Comments (9)
Ashish
Surely a Stink bug Pentatomidae
MaryEvans2
Nice macro - and I want your "office" :)
DanielePralong
It is Karen! I didn't really try to bring the site down :-)
KarenL
So this is your computer bug! :)
DanielePralong
Thanks animaisfotos! What the series doesn't show in a large acacia tree from which the bug probably fell...
animaisfotos
What an amazing working place. Nature blessing you with its presence... Thanks for sharing. Its a very nice capture.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2012

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