Sighting 4534368
Deroploa parva
8 A turtle bug at Mount Ainslie
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| Deroploa parva | MichaelMulvaney | 12 Dec 2023 | |
| Pentatomidae (family) | Hejor1 | 9 Dec 2023 |
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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
User's notes
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
12 Dec 2023
@MichaelMulvaney cool!! I have higher res versions too, if you or anyone else need/want them
Location information
- Coordinates 149.155394-35.257636
- Altitude 618.7m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 9 Dec 2023 11:47 AM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- No Insect on a flower
Collections
- Significant Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) Hejor1 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Deroploa parva
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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