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Shieldbug - Homaemus proteus
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Shieldbug - Homaemus proteus
Triunfo Creek Park, Los Angeles County, California, USA
July 23, 2015
Awesome looking bug, must be Scutellaridae I suppose?

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Contributed by James Bailey on 23 July, 2015 - 8:46pm
Last updated 1 November, 2019 - 11:50pm

Moved
Moved from Pachycorinae.
… v belov, 1 November, 2019 - 11:50pm

very nice series
one horrible thing about this subfamily is that members of different genera produce very similar, tantalizingly "distinctive," color forms

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 24 July, 2015 - 12:17pm

 
Looks like ones with these markings end up as Homaeleus proteus
I have never thought to photograph ventral side of these before. I have some pics showing part of the underside, do you know what details need to be seen?
… James Bailey, 24 July, 2015 - 12:52pm

 
Joe Eger says, "Possibly Homaemus proteus, but...
"...need to see the scent canal."
… v belov, 17 August, 2015 - 11:19am

 
the important parts...
...are usually the osteolar area (the scent gland outlet) and the bucculae (crests on the underside of head that flank the furrow where the resting proboscis goes)
not sure what is critical in this case, but suspect the latter
… v belov, 24 July, 2015 - 2:20pm

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