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Kangkang (Anoplocnemis phasianus)

Kangkang or big-legged brown-tipped bug (Anoplocnemis phasianus) is an Anoplocnemis species inside Coreidae, dominated by black and brown, has large legs with a wide thorn, brown back and a pair of black atena with a brown tip.

A. phasianus lives on plant stalks to suck plant fluids on flower stalks and wood fluids, causing plants to lack nutrients and slowly weaken. The puncture marks give white spots caused by the fungus Helminthosporium.

Dlium Kangkang (Anoplocnemis phasianus)

Females lay eggs on the leaves to become nymphs. These insects live in rice fields, river banks, parks, villages and cities. They breed fast and become a colony that controls an area. The kangkang moves quickly along the stalks of plants using their big and strong legs.



Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Coreidae
Genus: Anoplocnemis
Species: A. phasianus

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