Reddish Shield Bug S2, Male, Proboscus Shield | Reddish Shield Bug S3, Male, Body | |||||
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: | S2, Male, Face | ||||
Thank you David Muirhead 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. | |||||
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