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Colour Shield Bugs - Tribe Antestini 

We found two species of this tribe in Brisbane.

Genera Plautia 

Green Stink Bug
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Photo: Keith Power, Toowoomba
Plautia affinis, body length 10mm
The bug is mainly green with brown forewings. This bug is also considered as pest on stone fruits, mulberries, grapes and vegetables such as beans and tomatoes.
 

Genera Novatilla

Stink Bug
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Novatilla virgata, body length 10mm
We saw this bug once during mid summer in Karawatha Forest. It was wandering on grasses. The small bug has the eye-catching colour patterns, with orange and white strips on black.
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
2. Stink Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,  Australian Museum online 2003.
3. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia. 
4. Genera of Pentatomidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004

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Last updated: December 23, 2005.