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Litchi Stink Bug

Tessaratoma javanica

Photo by DeniseT
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Field Notes

Description:

Large brown and leathery looking

Notes:

At Mount Papandayan there were many of these, and they seemed to be attracted to the sulfur vents on the mountain. There were many dead ones that had apparently died from the sulfur fumes.

Species ID Suggestions

Litchi Bug

Tessaratoma javanica

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Comments (6)
Susan Slater
Can I use this photo for a dictionary (it will be an application). If so, who should I credit the photo to? Thank you for your help.
matt493
Id be pretty scared if I saw it irl
DeniseT
Thanks for the information Achmmad and Goody. :)
achmmad
Similar to my spotting .. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9254196
Aaron_G
Beautiful bug! This is actually a true bug in the order Hemiptera (further classified into suborder Heteroptera) and not a beetle (order Coleoptera).
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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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