Sighting 4234004
A Gum tree shield bug at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Poecilometis apicalis ssp. apicalis | 11 Aug 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Theseus modestus | 17 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Theseus modestus | 5 Sep 2019 | rawshorty |
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User's notes
There was many around during my walk, seemed quite common. Two different sized insects and i assume the smaller ones are male.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.172660-35.276408
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Sep 2019 11:20 AM Recorded on
- rawshorty Recorded by
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Collections
rawshorty NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Poecilometis apicalis ssp. apicalis Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Poecilometis apicalis ssp. apicalis Scientific name
- A Gum tree shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 624.7m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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