Sighting 4260413
Theseus modestus
Gum tree shield bug at Molonglo River Reserve
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| Theseus modestus | MichaelBedingfield | 24 May 2020 | |
| Poecilometis patruelis | Roger | 23 May 2020 |
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4 comments
24 May 2020
I find these 2 species difficult to distinguish between Michael. Could you please tell me what features to look for or any good source of information to help? All CNM Theseus modestus records are of nymphs which seems odd. Cheers Bron
24 May 2020
Good question Bron. See this sighting ID'd by Martin Lagerwey who is quite an expert: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/44640/poecilometis_patruelis_nymph.html Perhaps some or all are incorrect. I just checked all of them and only two were confirmed by our experts; one by Kim Pullen, sighting 3392541, and one by Roger Farrow, 3868646. It needs an expert such as Kim to check it out.
6 May 2021
I don't know shield bug nymphs well enough to identify them. If I've given them names in the past, then I should take them back to simply 'Pentatomidae sp.".
Location information
- Coordinates 149.026363-35.260398
- Maps Kama Molonglo River Reserve
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 May 2020 01:31 PM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Michael Bedingfield's Flagged sightings Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Theseus modestus Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Theseus modestus Scientific name
- Gum tree shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 806.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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