Sighting 3360667
Green vegetable bug at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Nezara viridula | 7 Oct 2016 | RogerF | ||
| Nezara viridula | 7 Oct 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 3 Oct 2016 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Conder, ACT; body length about 16mm.
2 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
7 Oct 2016
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezara_viridula and http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6b320242-b0c8-4a9e-9373-10c2c4df34a9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezara_viridula and http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6b320242-b0c8-4a9e-9373-10c2c4df34a9
RogerF
wrote:
7 Oct 2016
See page 220 of my book, an accidentally introduced species often a pest. It was subject to one of the earliest biological control programs.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101458-35.464741
- Altitude 626.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Apr 2016 12:07 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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Collections
MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects Nezara viridula
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Nezara viridula Scientific name
- Green vegetable bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 653.35m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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