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True Bug, Singapore Botanic Garden.

This bug is about 4mm in length and taken in Singapore. The color is slightly darken as compared to this image, the shot was over expose to show the detail of the bug.

 

I saw a lot of bug today by the edges of the nature reserve. They were the huge Leather Bugs. I counted at least 3 of them. They are so still and motionless. Beside them is this robot looking bug that kept still for a while and started to tramp his way from leaf to leaf. He walks like an elephant, tramping his feet as he moved along. Then I found another one just like him. There were two of them.

 

Anyone can ID for me?

Thanks

 

Found from Laura's question to an expert Entomologist

 

Hi. One reason you won't find anything on the web is that they're not adults, and most insects are best recognized when they're mature. Those appear to be in the family Coreidae, a large group with thousands of different species worldwide, commonly known as "leaf-footed bugs". You can see where they get the name. They're not beetles, and they don't bite - they suck plant fluids.

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Uploaded on April 22, 2007
Taken on April 22, 2007