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Family Plataspididae Shield Bug

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Species notes

About Family Plataspididae Shield Bug

This observation is filed as Family Plataspididae Shield Bug. The identification is not precise enough for species-level claims, so details should be checked against the photographs. True bugs are hemipterans with piercing-and-sucking mouthparts used to take in plant fluids or, in predatory species, animal prey.

Taxonomy source: NParks Flora & Fauna Web

Field photographs

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Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Acanthocephala sp (nymph) — Acanthocephala sp (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Acanthocephala sp (nymph2) — Acanthocephala sp (nymph2)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Acanthocephala sp — Acanthocephala sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Acanthocoris scaber (nymph) — Acanthocoris scaber (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Acanthocoris scaber — Acanthocoris scaber

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Ammianus sp — Ammianus sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Antilochus coquebertii (nymph) — Antilochus coquebertii (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Antilochus coquebertii — Antilochus coquebertii

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Aradidae1 — Aradidae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Aradidae2 — Aradidae2

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Artemidorus pressus — Artemidorus pressus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Aspilosterna albovittata (nymph) — Aspilosterna albovittata (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Aspilosterna albovittata — Aspilosterna albovittata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Axiagastus sp — Axiagastus sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Banasa dimiata (nymph) — Banasa dimiata (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Banasa dimiata — Banasa dimiata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Brachycerocoris camelus — Brachycerocoris camelus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Brachyplatys punctipes — Brachyplatys punctipes

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Brachyplatys subaeneus (n) — Brachyplatys subaeneus (n)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Brachyplatys subaeneus — Brachyplatys subaeneus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Calliphara nobilis (nymph) — Calliphara nobilis (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Calliphara nobilis — Calliphara nobilis

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cantao ocellatus (nymph) — Cantao ocellatus (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cantao ocellatus — Cantao ocellatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Caridops albomarginatus — Caridops albomarginatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Charagochilus longicornis — Charagochilus longicornis

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cletus punctiger — Cletus punctiger

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cletus trigonus (nymph) — Cletus trigonus (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cletus trigonus — Cletus trigonus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Coreidae1 — Coreidae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Coreidae2 — Coreidae2

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Coreidae3 — Coreidae3

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Cosmolestes picticeps — Cosmolestes picticeps

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dalader sp (nymph) — Dalader sp (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dalader sp — Dalader sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dalpada oculata — Dalpada oculata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC00058 Bug egg — DSC00058 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC01373 Bug egg — DSC01373 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC01556 Bug egg — DSC01556 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC01799 Bug egg — DSC01799 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC01999 Bug egg — DSC01999 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC06869 Bug egg — DSC06869 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC06881 Bug egg — DSC06881 Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — DSC07071-Bug egg — DSC07071-Bug egg

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dysdercus cingulatus (nymph) — Dysdercus cingulatus (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dysdercus cingulatus — Dysdercus cingulatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dysdercus decussatus (nymph) — Dysdercus decussatus (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Dysdercus decussatus — Dysdercus decussatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Eocanthecona furcellata — Eocanthecona furcellata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Eurystylus sp — Eurystylus sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Gampsocoris sp — Gampsocoris sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Gerris lacustris — Gerris lacustris

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Helopeltis antonii — Helopeltis antonii

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Helopeltis theivora — Helopeltis theivora

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Homoeocerus marginellus — Homoeocerus marginellus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Homoeocerus sp (nymph) — Homoeocerus sp (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Homoeocerus sp — Homoeocerus sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Hyalopeplus spinosus — Hyalopeplus spinosus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Hyalopeplus vitripennis — Hyalopeplus vitripennis

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Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Leptocorisa acuta — Leptocorisa acuta

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Leptoglossus gonagra (nymph) — Leptoglossus gonagra (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Leptoglossus gonagra — Leptoglossus gonagra

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Lisarda pallidispina — Lisarda pallidispina

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Lygaeoidea1 — Lygaeoidea1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Lygaeoidea2 — Lygaeoidea2

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Lygaeoidea3 — Lygaeoidea3

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Macrolonius sobrinus — Macrolonius sobrinus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Menida lata (nymph) — Menida lata (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Menida lata — Menida lata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Menida speciosa — Menida speciosa

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Metochus abbreviatus — Metochus abbreviatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Metochus uniguttatus — Metochus uniguttatus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Miridae1 — Miridae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Nerthus taivanicus — Nerthus taivanicus

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Neuroctenus sp — Neuroctenus sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Nezara viridula (nymph) — Nezara viridula (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Nezara viridula — Nezara viridula

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Palomena prasina — Palomena prasina

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae1 — Pentatomidae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae2 — Pentatomidae2

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae3 — Pentatomidae3

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae4 — Pentatomidae4

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae5 — Pentatomidae5

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pentatomidae8 — Pentatomidae8

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Phaenacantha saccharicida — Phaenacantha saccharicida

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Physomerus grossipes (nymph) — Physomerus grossipes (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Physomerus grossipes — Physomerus grossipes

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Physopelta gutta — Physopelta gutta

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Plataspididae1 — Plataspididae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Plautia fimbriata — Plautia fimbriata

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Ptilocerus unicolor — Ptilocerus unicolor

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pycanum rubens (nymph) — Pycanum rubens (nymph)

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pycanum rubens — Pycanum rubens

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Pyrrhocoridae1 — Pyrrhocoridae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Reduviidae1 — Reduviidae1

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Rhynocoris sp — Rhynocoris sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Ricolla sp — Ricolla sp

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Riptortus linearis — Riptortus linearis

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Riptortus pedestris — Riptortus pedestris

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Sycanus collaris — Sycanus collaris

Family Plataspididae Shield Bug — Tingidae1 — Tingidae1