Sighting 4636622
Platycoris rotundatus
A shield bug at Melba, ACT
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| Platycoris rotundatus | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Jan 2025 | |
| Platycoris rotundatus | kasiaaus | 9 Jan 2025 |
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3 comments
9 Jan 2025
Or is it Platycoris bipunctatus? I can't tell those two apart but we don't seem to have Platycoris bipunctatus on NatureMapr. It is the more common one on iNat.
10 Jan 2025
P. bipunctatus seems to have a black band running up from base of abdomen
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050294-35.208575
- Altitude 593.0m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Jan 2025 10:11 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Platycoris rotundatus Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Platycoris rotundatus Scientific name
- A shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 738m Recorded at altitude
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