Sighting 4583729
Scutiphora pedicellata
Metallic Jewel Bug at Narrabundah, ACT
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| Scutiphora pedicellata | MichaelBedingfield | 2 Aug 2024 | |
| Scutelleridae (family) | MarkH | 2 Aug 2024 | |
| Unverified | RobParnell | 2 Aug 2024 |
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User's notes
initially comatose inside curled up bark but came alive in sunlight
2 comments
2 Aug 2024
Hi Mark. Since you are a moderator for Jewel Beetles only, it should be impossible for you to confirm the ID of a True Bug, as you have done, naming this Scutelleridae (family). Was the sighting initially uploaded as a Jewel Beetle?
7 Aug 2024
Hi Mark. What you have shown me was a security bug, tested with this sighting and reported to the software team. See: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4584733
Location information
- Coordinates 149.141559-35.331078
- Places Narrabundah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Jul 2024 10:26 AM Recorded on
- RobParnell Recorded by
- inside eucalypt bark Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- RobParnell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Scutiphora pedicellata Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Scutiphora pedicellata Scientific name
- Metallic Jewel Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2157.42m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location