Sighting 3366171
Metallic Jewel Bug at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Scutiphora pedicellata | 20 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Scutiphora pedicellata | 20 Nov 2016 | KimPullen | ||
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 20 Nov 2016 | Ratcliffe |
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2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
21 Nov 2016
A couple of things give this one away as a bug, not a beetle. First, the mouthparts (not visible in this shot) are a long sucking beak, not a pair of mandibles. Second, the hard covering over the abdomen is in one piece (it is an enlarged scutellum, part of the thorax), whereas in a beetle the covering over the abdomen is formed by the two elytra (hardened, modified front wings) which meet in a straight line down the middle.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.105544-35.327241
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Nov 2016 10:11 AM Recorded on
- Ratcliffe Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Scutiphora pedicellata Scientific name
- Metallic Jewel Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2157.42m Recorded at altitude
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