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Shield Bug -Scutiphora pedicellata
- This page contains pictures and information about Metallic Shield Bugs that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 15mm
- Metallic Shield Bugs can be found on leaf letter or under bark. They feed
on vegetable, garden plants, trees and fruits. The bugs are metallic green in
colour with orange and black patterns on the top. Underside of their body is
bright red and black.
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This bug is in the Shield-backed bug family. Shield-backed bugs are plant suckers. They
can be distinguished from other shield bugs by their scutellum completely covered the
whole abdomen and wings. This is why sometimes they are miss-recognized as beetle. They
are easily distinguished from beetles by having sucking mouthparts
and the shield on the back is continuous, not the divided wings cover with separation
at the middle.
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- Those pictures are taken in Yugarapul Park on Oct 2004.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
- 2. Insects of Australia, Hangay, George, & German, Pavel, Reed
New Holland, Sydney, 2000, pp 65.
- 3. Scutiphora
pedicellata - Australian Biological Resources Study,
Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
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