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Giant Shield Bug (Edessa elaphus), La Isla Escondida, Colombia Unusually large based on our own experiece, wide black shoulders, yellow antennae, abdomen ends squarish, not roudn. Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Edessa elaphus,Fall,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World

Giant Shield Bug (Edessa elaphus), La Isla Escondida, Colombia

Unusually large based on our own experiece, wide black shoulders, yellow antennae, abdomen ends squarish, not roudn.

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Christine Young

Lion

Edessa elaphus? Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  You rock! I had been searching for an ID for quite a while because I once saw it with ID but couldn't find it anymore. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    It was the long, "horn-like" protuberances that clued me into its ID. Very unique!
    
    And, it looks huge - considering the little hopper that is hanging out next to it. The shield bug must look like a behemoth from the perspective of that hopper ;P Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yes it's for sure the largest shield bug I've ever seen, relatively a giant! Posted 6 years ago

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The Edessa elaphus

Edessa elaphus is a stink bug in the Edessa genus.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Dec 8, 2018. Captured Oct 18, 2018 19:13 in Orito, Putumayo, Colombia.

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NIKON D850
f/11.0
1/60s
ISO64
105mm

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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.