Deroploa parva

8 A turtle bug at Mount Ainslie

Deroploa parva at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023
Deroploa parva at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023
Deroploa parva at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023
Deroploa parva at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023
Deroploa parva at Mount Ainslie - 9 Dec 2023
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Identification history

Deroploa parva 12 Dec 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Pentatomidae (family) 9 Dec 2023 Hejor1

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

12 Dec 2023

First record for CNM and appears to be not often observed in our region

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Deroploa parva?

2 comments

   12 Dec 2023
Thanks for the heads up on teh species name - i had no idea and had never seen anything like it before
Hejor1 wrote:
   12 Dec 2023
@MichaelMulvaney cool!! I have higher res versions too, if you or anyone else need/want them

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • False Pollinator Insect on Flower

Species information

  • Deroploa parva Scientific name
  • A turtle bug Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 110.36m to 759m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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