These 20 or so shield bugs were taking an afternoon siesta below a fish-tailed palm leaf. Not much movement except for one or two of them. There was one which was more red than the others which seemed metallic. The palm was itself very close to the mangroves and it was likely that these bugs had transferred themselves from further within the mangroves to the palm.
Find out more at these wonderful links :
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/insecta/calliphara.htm
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Plant%20Story/Plant%20Story%20-%20Stink%20Bug.html
http://bugsandinsects.wordpress.com/tag/stink-bug/
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Plant%20Story/Article/Pycanum%20rubens%202013%20April%2013.pdf
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2012.htm
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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