Sighting 3373638
Poecilometis patruelis
1 Gum Tree Shield Bug at Greenway, ACT
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| Poecilometis patruelis | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Mar 2017 | |
| Poecilometis patruelis | KimPullen | 5 Mar 2017 | |
| Poecilometis strigatus | RogerF | 1 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 1 Mar 2017 |
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User's notes
Size - 20-22mm; found near the water in a rocky area in the Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.
2 comments
6 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.
6 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
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
Location information
- Coordinates 149.051815-35.423956
- Altitude 550.0m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Feb 2017 11:46 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Poecilometis patruelis Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Poecilometis patruelis Scientific name
- Gum Tree Shield Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 808.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Eumecopus patruelis
Record quality
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