Shield Bug: S1, Adult, dorsal

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Family:

Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea:Pentatomidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Shield Bug (Poecilometis vermiculatus)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Adult, dorsal🔎

Thank you Mark Newton for identifying and Danilo Lüdke (lehelind) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
Considered a rare species.
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 Acacia and Beyeria opaca.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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