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Shield, Stink & Jewel Bug (Pentatomoidea)Poecilometis patruelis

1 Gum Tree Shield Bug at Pine Island to Point Hut

Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017

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Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017
Poecilometis patruelis at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Feb 2017

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Author's notes

Size - 20-22mm; found near the water in a rocky area in the Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.

2 comments

wrote:
   5 Mar 2017
Agree this is a Poecilometis, but I don't think it is P. strigatus. The body colour, and the bands on the tibiae, tarsi and antennae are different.
wrote:
   5 Mar 2017
There are some good pics of the juvenile Poecilometis patruelis at:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/GumTreeBug.htm
From this address the following picture is identical in colours, etc:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/images/B1091.jpg

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(family) (Water spider) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Chelodina longicollis (Eastern Long-neck Turtle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Gratiola peruviana (Australian Brooklime) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Ludwigia palustris (Marsh Purslane) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Myriophyllum verrucosum (Red water-milfoil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Hydrocotyle tripartita (Pennywort) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Persicaria decipiens (Slender Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Plantago major (Large Plantain) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb Cryptocheilus bicolor (Orange Spider Wasp) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2017 by michaelb Clania lewinii (Lewin's case moth) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Dec 2016 by michaelb Tragopogon dubius (Goatsbeard) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 29 Nov 2016 by michaelb Calolampra sp. (genus) (Bark cockroach) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Nov 2016 by michaelb Cercopidae (family) (Unidentified spittlebug or froghopper) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 17 Nov 2016 by michaelb Thema macroscia (A concealer moth) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Nov 2016 by michaelb Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) (A net-spinning caddisfly) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Nov 2016 by michaelb Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 16 Mar 2016 by michaelb Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. australis (Swamp Isotome) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb Isachne globosa (Swamp millet) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb Platycoris rotundatus (A shield bug) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 29 Feb 2016 by michaelb Solaenodolichopus sp. (genus) (Millepede) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 10 Feb 2016 by michaelb Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 19 Jan 2016 by michaelb Wallabia bicolor (Swamp Wallaby) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 13 Jan 2016 by michaelb Xanthoria sp. (A lichen) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb Icerya acaciae (Acacia mealy bug) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb Diphucephala sp. (genus) (Green Scarab Beetle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb Fraxinus angustifolia (Desert Ash) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2016 by michaelb Myriophyllum verrucosum (Red water-milfoil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2016 by michaelb Camponotus consobrinus (Banded sugar ant) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 15 Dec 2015 by michaelb Austracantha minax (Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 15 Dec 2015 by michaelb Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Oct 2015 by michaelb Carex gaudichaudiana (Fen Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Oct 2015 by michaelb Isachne globosa (Swamp millet) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 24 Mar 2015 by michaelb Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2015 by michaelb Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2015 by michaelb Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana (River She-oak, River Oak) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 11 Feb 2015 by michaelb Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Jan 2015 by michaelb Hydrocotyle tripartita (Pennywort) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 26 Oct 2014 by michaelb Aquarius antigone (Water strider, pond skater) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 20 Jan 2014 by michaelb Vallisneria australis (Ribbonweed, Eelweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 17 Feb 2009 by michaelb Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Dec 2008 by michaelb Amyema cambagei (Sheoak Mistletoe) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 9 Mar 2008 by michaelb Gynatrix pulchella (Hempbush) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Sep 2007 by michaelb Phragmites australis (Common reed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 May 2007 by michaelb Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 26 Apr 2007 by michaelb Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 27 Mar 2007 by michaelb Austrostipa bigeniculata (Kneed Speargrass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 20 Mar 2007 by michaelb Cynodon dactylon (Couch grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Mar 2007 by michaelb Paspalum distichum (Water Couch) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Mar 2007 by michaelb Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2007 by michaelb Eragrostis brownii (Common Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 28 Jan 2007 by michaelb Eragrostis parviflora (Weeping Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 25 Jan 2007 by michaelb Phragmites australis (Common reed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 7 Jan 2007 by michaelb Eragrostis brownii (Common Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 4 Jan 2007 by michaelb
Intellagama lesueurii (Eastern Water Dragon) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 28 Dec 2017 by JohnBundock
Philobota cretacea (A concealer moth) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 20 Nov 2017 by michaelb
Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) (A net-spinning caddisfly) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 4 Oct 2017 by michaelb
Alternanthera denticulata (Lesser Joyweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Salix sp. (A Willow) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Glossostigma elatinoides (Small Mud-mat) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Myriophyllum verrucosum (Red water-milfoil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Callistemon sieberi (River Bottlebrush) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Lachnagrostis filiformis (Common Blown Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Pisauridae sp. (family) (Water spider) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Chelodina longicollis (Eastern Long-neck Turtle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Gratiola peruviana (Australian Brooklime) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Ludwigia palustris (Marsh Purslane) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Myriophyllum verrucosum (Red water-milfoil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Hydrocotyle tripartita (Pennywort) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Persicaria decipiens (Slender Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Plantago major (Large Plantain) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 22 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Cryptocheilus bicolor (Orange Spider Wasp) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Clania lewinii (Lewin's case moth) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Tragopogon dubius (Goatsbeard) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 29 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Calolampra sp. (genus) (Bark cockroach) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Cercopidae (family) (Unidentified spittlebug or froghopper) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 17 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Thema macroscia (A concealer moth) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Cheumatopsyche sp. (genus) (A net-spinning caddisfly) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 16 Mar 2016 by michaelb
Isotoma fluviatilis subsp. australis (Swamp Isotome) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb
Isachne globosa (Swamp millet) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb
Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 1 Mar 2016 by michaelb
Platycoris rotundatus (A shield bug) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 29 Feb 2016 by michaelb
Solaenodolichopus sp. (genus) (Millepede) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 10 Feb 2016 by michaelb
Eschscholzia californica (California Poppy) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 19 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Wallabia bicolor (Swamp Wallaby) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 13 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Xanthoria sp. (A lichen) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Icerya acaciae (Acacia mealy bug) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Diphucephala sp. (genus) (Green Scarab Beetle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Fraxinus angustifolia (Desert Ash) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Myriophyllum verrucosum (Red water-milfoil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 3 Jan 2016 by michaelb
Camponotus consobrinus (Banded sugar ant) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 15 Dec 2015 by michaelb
Austracantha minax (Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 15 Dec 2015 by michaelb
Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Oct 2015 by michaelb
Carex gaudichaudiana (Fen Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Oct 2015 by michaelb
Isachne globosa (Swamp millet) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 24 Mar 2015 by michaelb
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2015 by michaelb
Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2015 by michaelb
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana (River She-oak, River Oak) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 11 Feb 2015 by michaelb
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Jan 2015 by michaelb
Hydrocotyle tripartita (Pennywort) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 26 Oct 2014 by michaelb
Aquarius antigone (Water strider, pond skater) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 20 Jan 2014 by michaelb
Vallisneria australis (Ribbonweed, Eelweed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 17 Feb 2009 by michaelb
Carex polyantha (A Sedge) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 23 Dec 2008 by michaelb
Amyema cambagei (Sheoak Mistletoe) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 9 Mar 2008 by michaelb
Gynatrix pulchella (Hempbush) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Sep 2007 by michaelb
Phragmites australis (Common reed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 5 May 2007 by michaelb
Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 26 Apr 2007 by michaelb
Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 27 Mar 2007 by michaelb
Austrostipa bigeniculata (Kneed Speargrass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 20 Mar 2007 by michaelb
Cynodon dactylon (Couch grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Mar 2007 by michaelb
Paspalum distichum (Water Couch) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 18 Mar 2007 by michaelb
Imperata cylindrica (Blady grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 2 Mar 2007 by michaelb
Eragrostis brownii (Common Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 28 Jan 2007 by michaelb
Eragrostis parviflora (Weeping Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 25 Jan 2007 by michaelb
Phragmites australis (Common reed) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 7 Jan 2007 by michaelb
Eragrostis brownii (Common Love Grass) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 4 Jan 2007 by michaelb

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Species information

  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • 22 Feb 2017 Recorded on
  • michaelb Recorded by

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