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Shield Bug

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Description:

Big bug, rather faded looking. Tips of antennae are orange. Legs are black.

Habitat:

On the leaf of a cucurbit (pumpkin plant) growing in my garden.

Notes:

I found a very similarly shaped bug on the same plant but that was brightly coloured...red and black...do these bugs FADE as they grow old?

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