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HelenCross
wrote:
8 hrs ago
Great work Clare!
Setocoris (Genus)
Curiosity
wrote:
10 hrs ago
Thanks, @
clarehoneydove
. I'll add B putoni as a suggestion.
Brentiscerus putoni
clarehoneydove
wrote:
14 Oct 2025
Brentiscerus putoni?
Needs to go to true bugs
Brentiscerus putoni
Curiosity
wrote:
14 Oct 2025
@
blacksheep
, I think you have 2 different bugs in this sighting. The one in image two could be a Green Shield Bug (Ocirrhoe unimaculata). Not sure about the one in images 1 & 3, maybe Stauralia sp. (genus)?
Ocirrhoe unimaculata
trevorpreston
wrote:
14 Oct 2025
This is a true bug, some kind of shield bug. Definitely not a cockroach.
Pentatomoidea (superfamily)
Significant sightings
Setocoris (Genus)
Botocudo ornatulus
at
Acton, ACT
Noliphus annulipes
Austromiris nigronasutus
at
Melba, ACT
Froggattia olivinia
at
Yarralumla, ACT
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at
Reid, ACT
Acaciacapsus bournda
at
Freshwater Creek, VIC
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at
Euabalong, NSW
Scolopostethus forticornis
at
Flynn, ACT
Pseudobargylia (Genus)
at
Melba, ACT
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