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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 06-05-2009 17:24
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
An insect I found, about 2 inches long. Pictured in Tanzania
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| jaurinum |
Posted on 06-05-2009 17:52
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I think Chrysomelidae, somewhere in subfamily Clytrinae. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 06-05-2009 17:58
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Hmm. i think this is a bug, possibly Scutelleridae. This family contains large and colorful species in the warm regions. Pity that the mouth parts are not visible, cause this should be the easiest to tell apart bugs and beetles. The antennae, however contain too few segments for a beetle.
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| Amir |
Posted on 06-05-2009 18:12
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Hemiptera Family Scutelleridae Subfamily Scutellerinae Calidea dregii ? "rainbow shield bug (Calidea dregii), a pest of cotton in Tanzania and sorghum and sunflower in South Africa (Parsons & Cuthbertson 1992) Beautiful photo My insects album http://albums.tap...il/weinman Assorted flies from china http://www.tapuz....1&o=4&ao=1 |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 06-05-2009 20:26
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thank you all for your help. Xespok, I have attached an image of the closest to mouth part I had. 
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