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For those stink bugs we found only one species in their group, they are
listed in this page.
Genera Agonoscelis
- There is only one Australian species in this Genera.
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- Horehound bug
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- Agonoscelis rutila, body length 12mm
- They are called Horehound bugs because they are usually
found on the weed horehound. Sometimes it swarms on foliage and blossoms of
fruit trees and ornamental plants but normally causes little injury. The bug is bright orange, with black marks on the upper and
lower surfaces of the body. We took the above pictures when the bugs feeding on
salvia plants (Lamiacae) on Sept 2002.
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Genera Spermatodes
- There are four Australian species in this Genera.
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- Dry Nut Stink Bug
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- Spermatodes sp., body length 10mm
- We found this bug once in Karawatha Forest during late summer. It was
hiding on a dry stem tip among dry leaves and hard to be noticed. The bug is
brown in colour. It has a very large scutellum which covered almost all its
back. There are the recess areas on each side of its back. More information
and pictures can be found in this page.
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Genera Aspideurus
- There are two Australian species in this Genera.
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- Yellow Shield bug
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- Aspideurus sp., body length 12mm
- Quite a number of them were found on the same host plant during spring
season.
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Genera Dictyotus
- Brown Shield Bug
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- Dictyotus sp. ,body length 8mm
- In mid summer we found this bug laying eggs on grass. We found some of
them near by feeding on tall grasses near Bulimba Creek in Macgregor Bushland. More
pictures and information in this page.
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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. .
- 4. Genera
of Pentatomidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004
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