Poecilometis strigatus

Gum Tree Shield Bug at Gungahlin, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.151337-35.188613
• Altitude 632.3m
• Places Gungahlin, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 4 Feb 2021 04:43 PM Recorded on
• Petal Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Petal Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Poecilometis ellipticus

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