Sighting 4383160
Commius elegans
4 Cherry Ballart Shield Bug at Denman Prospect, ACT
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| Commius elegans | MichaelMulvaney | 25 May 2021 | ||
| Commius elegans | Alice | 25 May 2021 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
large clusters on one of many scattered Native Cherry trees
4 comments
25 May 2021
Wow that is a massive infestation - never seen anything like this before
26 May 2021
I have a bit of video of them moving around within the swarm. The tree was festooned with these bugs! An amazing sight.
2 Jun 2021
Phenomenal! The biggest gathering of these that I've seen was only a dozen or so, and that was decades ago.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.012969-35.296414
- Altitude 599.6m
- Maps Piney Ridge Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Denman Prospect, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 19 May 2021 09:57 AM Recorded on
- Alice Recorded by
- Exocarpos cupressiformis (Cherry Ballart, Native Cherry) Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Alice Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Commius elegans Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Commius elegans Scientific name
- Cherry Ballart Shield Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1381.17m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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