Shield Bug
Adult, Profile
Ellura
Brown Shield Bug
S3, dorsal
 
                      
Shield Bug (Poecilometis cf vermiculatus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)
Species: Shield Bug (Poecilometis cf vermiculatus)
This Photo:     Adult, Back

Thank you Mark Newton for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Varies from black to light brown (tan) to cinnamon
Adults are quite distinguished with white "bow tie" spot at the end of their wing shield, finishing with jet black diamond vest formed by the wing tips.
Found on Senna and Beyeria opaca. Without ventral examination, we can't be sure this is the correct id.

Copyright © 2012-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 24-Oct-2012
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.