Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

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Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

Featured sightings

Adrisa sp. (genus) (Burrowing Bug) at Ainslie, ACT - 14 Jan 2025 by jb2602

Commius elegans (Cherry Ballart Shield Bug) at Yackandandah, VIC - 2 Dec 2024 by KylieWaldon

Coleotichus costatus (Green shield-backed bug) at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Feb 2023 by ConBoekel

Dictyotus conspicuus (A shield or stink bug) at Aranda, ACT - 23 Oct 2022 by CathB

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Majura, ACT - 26 Jan 2021 by jb2602

Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Jagungal Wilderness, NSW - 20 Jan 2022 by NedJohnston

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Acton, ACT - 19 Jan 2020 by TimL

Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Hackett, ACT - 1 Mar 2019 by TimL

Latest sightings

Eysarcoris sp. (genus) at Hall, ACT - 18 Feb 2025 by Anna123

Alcaeus varicornis (Acacia shield bug) at Campbell, ACT - Yesterday by Hejor1

Diaphyta rosea by LisaH

Choerocoris paganus (Ground shield bug) at Yarrangobilly, NSW - 7 Feb 2025 by Mulch

Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Bargo, NSW - 22 Dec 2024 by Snows

Platycoris rotundatus at Bargo, NSW - 18 Feb 2025 by Snows

Ocirrhoe lutescens (A shield bug) at Wilsons Valley, NSW - 17 Feb 2025 by Miranda

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Karabar, NSW - 16 Feb 2025 by NathanaelC

Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Scullin, ACT - 15 Feb 2025 by Amy.R

Theseus modestus (Gum tree shield bug) at Yass River, NSW - 7 Feb 2025 by ConBoekel

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Jerrabomberra, NSW - 13 Feb 2025 by MarkT

Cydnidae (family) at Bargo, NSW - 5 Jan 2025 by Snows

Morna florens (Shield bug) at Holder, ACT - 30 Jan 2025 by Miranda

Poecilometis patruelis (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Wodonga, VIC - 9 Feb 2025 by KylieWaldon

Choerocoris paganus (Ground shield bug) at Curtin, ACT - 9 Feb 2025 by Hejor1

Cuspicona simplex (Green potato bug) at Curtin, ACT - 9 Feb 2025 by Hejor1

Pentatomidae (family) at Curtin, ACT - 9 Feb 2025 by Hejor1

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Braidwood, NSW - 8 Feb 2025 by MatthewFrawley

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Cootamundra, NSW - 9 Nov 2024 by JanetRussell

Nezara viridula (Green vegetable bug) at Melba, ACT - 3 Feb 2025 by kasiaaus

Nezara viridula (Green vegetable bug) at Higgins, ACT - 14 Jan 2025 by tommungoven

Platycoris rotundatus (A shield bug) at Manton, NSW - 19 Jan 2025 by ConBoekel

Coleotichus costatus at Cotter River, ACT - 1 Feb 2025 by WindyHen

Pseudapines geminata (Pittosporum Bug) at Parkes, ACT - 30 Jan 2025 by Hejor1

Choerocoris paganus (Ground shield bug) at Flynn, ACT - 29 Jan 2025 by AlisonMilton

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Cook, ACT - 30 Jan 2025 by Jubeyjubes

Platycoris rotundatus (A shield bug) at Yass River, NSW - 30 Jan 2025 by ConBoekel

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Yass River, NSW - 30 Jan 2025 by ConBoekel

Musgraveia sulciventris (Bronze Orange Bug) at Weston, ACT - 27 Jan 2025 by jmcleod

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Bungendore, NSW - 29 Jan 2025 by clarehoneydove

Choerocoris paganus (Ground shield bug) at Cotter River, ACT - 27 Jan 2025 by NedJohnston

Monteithiella humeralis (Pittosporum shield bug) at Queanbeyan West, NSW - 28 Jan 2025 by Paul4K

Tessaratomidae (Family) at Burnside, QLD - 23 Jan 2025 by clarehoneydove

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Wanniassa, ACT - 27 Jan 2025 by JohnBundock

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Hawker, ACT - 27 Jan 2025 by sangio7

Cydnidae (family) (Burrower bug) at Broulee, NSW - 25 Jan 2025 by Hejor1

Diemenia rubromarginata (Pink-margined bug) at Macgregor, ACT - 24 Jan 2025 by AlisonMilton

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Macgregor, ACT - 24 Jan 2025 by AlisonMilton

Platycoris bipunctatus (Toad Stink Bug) at Surf Beach, NSW - 25 Jan 2025 by Hejor1

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Uriarra, NSW - 23 Jan 2025 by NedJohnston

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Hawker, ACT - 23 Jan 2025 by sangio7

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Mount Stuart, TAS - 22 Jan 2025 by VanessaC

Oncocoris geniculatus (A shield bug) at Lyons, ACT - 22 Jan 2025 by ran452

Cuspicona thoracica (Shield bug) by Paul4K

Alcaeus varicornis (Acacia shield bug) at Russell, ACT - 21 Jan 2025 by Hejor1

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Snows wrote:

Yesterday

Platycoris bipunctatus

Platycoris rotundatus

clarehoneydove wrote:

14 Feb 2025

There is a nymph which seems to match on Alison's link above..

Diemenia rubromarginata

MarkH wrote:

7 Feb 2025

Not a jewel beetle… rather a jewel bug

Scutiphora pedicellata

AlisonMilton wrote:

7 Feb 2025

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/577838-Diemenia-rubromarginata/browse_photos?term_id=1&term_value_id=5 from iNaturalist

Diemenia rubromarginata

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 Feb 2025

Yes adults match but I can finding nothing to suggest that this is what their nymph looks like

Diemenia rubromarginata

Significant sightings

Recent activity

Eysarcoris sp. (genus)

Alcaeus varicornis at Campbell, ACT

Alcaeus varicornis at Campbell, ACT

Choerocoris paganus at Yarrangobilly, NSW

Musgraveia sulciventris at Bargo, NSW

Platycoris rotundatus

Ocirrhoe lutescens at Wilsons Valley, NSW

Musgraveia sulciventris at Bargo, NSW

Acanthosomatidae (family)

Species Richness Score (SRS)

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