Scutiphora pedicellata

Metallic Jewel Bug at Narrabundah, ACT

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Identification history

Scutiphora pedicellata	2 Aug 2024	MichaelBedingfield
Scutelleridae (family)	2 Aug 2024	MarkH
Unidentified	2 Aug 2024	RobParnell

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initially comatose inside curled up bark but came alive in sunlight

2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

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?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

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

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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
Collections
Insects Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Additional information

inside eucalypt bark Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

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
Machine learning
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