Sighting 4436947
Shield bug at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Morna florens | 17 Jun 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Vitellus sp. (genus) | 17 Jun 2022 | TimL |
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The images show the insect's rostrum held along the underside midline between the legs, with some sort of exoskeleton shield to physically protect it. The shield is quite obvious in the final two images.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.063698-35.213098
- Altitude 546.0m
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Jun 2022 01:59 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Morna florens Scientific name
- Shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 319m to 625.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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