Subject: bug ID
Location: Uganda
February 12, 2016 9:42 am
Hi,
I found these two on a carcass of a zebra in Ugnada, Africa. Time of year was August. Any ideas what these might be?
Thanks,
Signature: Gideon
Dear Gideon,
We are having a difficult time finding any matching images of your True Bugs which are in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, which includes Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs. They are not pictured on Some Kenyan Hemiptera and Homoptera, and we could not find them on iSpot.
Update
Thanks to a comment from Cesar Crash, we have matching images from Alamy indicating this is Solenosthedium liligerum. There are also several images on iSpot.
Thank you, all the same.
This is Scutelleridae. It is identified here as Solenosthedium liligerum: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-shield-backed-shield-bug-solenosthedium-liligerum-scutelleridae-group-39341195.html
Thanks for providing an identification Cesar. We will update the posting.
Thanks , Cesar!
And thank you, Whatsthatbug!