Sighting 4369201
Poecilometis strigatus
Gum Tree Shield Bug at Crooked Corner, NSW
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| Poecilometis strigatus | MichaelMulvaney | 31 Jan 2021 | |
| Poecilometis ellipticus | Milly | 29 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
I think this is an 'advanced stage nymph, maybe just before adulthood of Poecilometis ellipticus.
4 comments
31 Jan 2021
Thanks Michael - I take it then from your ID that P.strigatus is the accepted name now?
31 Jan 2021
Yes according to the Atlas of Living Australia where our records are forwarded onto
Location information
- Coordinates 149.345658-34.208944
- Places Crooked Corner, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2021 10:36 AM Recorded on
- Milly Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Milly Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Poecilometis strigatus Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Poecilometis strigatus Scientific name
- Gum Tree Shield Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 953m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Poecilometis ellipticus
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