Sighting 4244976
Metallic Jewel Bug at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Scutiphora pedicellata | 15 Dec 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Scutiphora pedicellata | 15 Dec 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Dec 2019 | Jubeyjubes |
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6 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
14 Dec 2019
Julia, was this insect green rather than the black in the photo?
Jubeyjubes
wrote:
14 Dec 2019
No the photo is very close to the colour in reality. Iridescent blue / black
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
15 Dec 2019
This is a confirmation by Kim P. of Scutiphora pedicellata, which is a dark blue instead of the usual green:
Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) on 23 Oct 2018
Is this like what you saw?
Is this like what you saw?
Jubeyjubes
wrote:
15 Dec 2019
Yes! I posted another set of photos this afternoon and have it in a jar if needed (out was already dead)
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.076653-35.259486
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2019 03:40 PM Recorded on
- Jubeyjubes Recorded by
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
- Machine learning
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