Reddish Shield Bug
S3, Male, dorsal		Ellura
Reddish Shield Bug
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Reddish Shield Bug (Poecilometis alienus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Reddish Shield Bug (Poecilometis alienus)
This Photo:     S1, Female, profile
Thank you David Muirhead (DaveMMDave) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The males were ~11mm & ~12mm, while the female was ~13mm long.
The 2nd specimen, male, is much redder than the others, which is possibly caused by freshly moulting.
Copyright © 2017-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 12-Jun-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.