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- This page contains pictures and information about Shield Bugs in genera Poecilometis that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Feeding on gum tree trunk
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- Poecilometis is the largest stink bug genera (50 species) in Australia. They are usually found feeding on
gum or wattle trees. We found a few different species in Brisbane.
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- There are quite a number of different genera stink bugs in Brisbane Eucalyptus
forest. Most of them are the typical shield-shaped and look similar. They include
the genera Poecilometis, Anchines, Alcaeus, Dippilana,
Bathrus, and Theseus.
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- Following lists the Poecilometis stink bugs that we found. Poecilometis
stink bugs can be distinguished from other similar genera by wings longer than abdomen, with
wing veins linear and mostly subparallel, and they have five antennal
segments.
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- Gum Tree Shield Bug I
 - Poecilometis acanthopygius, body length nymph10mm, adult 20mm
- Those bug nymph are black and white in colour. The antenna are yellow with dark
end. We found the nymphs in clusters of six to eight under loose bark of a
gum tree. The adults are in shield shape with dark brown and black in
colour. More information and pictures please click here.
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- Gum Tree Shield Bug II
  - Poecilometis sp., body length nymph15mm, adult 25mm
- The Shield Bugs are common in Brisbane forest and bushland. Many species
look similar and hard to be identified. They are also known also as stink bugs and produce foul smelling defensive
liquids. They have five-segmented antennae. More pictures and information on
the Shield Bugs
please chick here.
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- Gum Tree Shield Bug III
  - Poecilometis ellipticus, body length nymph 10mm adults 25mm
- We found those bugs easily at Macgregor and Wishart bushland from late
winter to late summer. They look
similar to the other two Gum Tree Shield Bug species above. More information and pictures please find in this page.
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- Gum Tree Shield Bug IV
  - Poecilometis sp., body length 20mm
- This bugs was found on a Gum Tree trunk alone on mid summer. They are quite
common on the gum tree trunk in Brisbane. More information and pictures please
click on here.
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- Banksia Shield Bug
 - Poecilometis sp., body length 20mm
- We found this brown shield bug once during early summer in Alexandra Hill.
It was resting on Banksia leaf. When disturbed, it flew to another Banksia tree
near by. This bug looks similar to the above species except it does not
have the black dot on wings. Click here for
more information.
- 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. .
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