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We found four species of this tribe in Brisbane.
- Spined Citrus Bug
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- Biprorulus bibax, body length 20mm
- The Spined Citrus Bug feeds on the fruits of citrus trees. They make
considerable damages on the fruits. We found a few of them on the citrus trees
in Brisbane Botanic Garden in summer. More pictures and information please
click here.
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Genera Morna
- Red Green Spined Shield Bug
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- Morna florens, body length 10mm
- This is one of the rear insect that we found in mid-winter. This little
green bug was hiding between the pine leaves. We found few of them easily on
the same pine tree in Wishart bushland. The bugs are green colour with red
spots on their head and back. They have the sharp spiny shoulder. When disturbed, the bug drops onto the ground and play dead. So we
took its bottom picture
easily. Its bottom is even more colourful, with
green, orange, yellow and white patterns. After a while, it quickly moved away
and hided under the dry leaf.
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- There are 21 Australian species in this genera. Some are spined and some
are not. There are usually yellow, green to pale brown. Some with dark brown
bands.
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- Green Potato Bug
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- Cuspicona simplex, body length nymph 8mm, adult 12mm
- This big is green with spined shoulder. It is closely resemble the Spined Citrus
Bug above but a bit smaller. The green bug nymph was found near the Green Potato Bug adults but on
the different plants.
More information and pictures please click on here.
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- Green Shield Bug
- Cuspicona sp, body length 12mm
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 509.
- 2. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 3. Rhynchocorini
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and
Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
- 4. Genera
of Pentatomidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004
- 5. Morna
florens - - Department of Entomology, North Dakota State
University.
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