Sighting 4406913
Ground shield bug at Albury, NSW
Identification history
| Choerocoris paganus | 7 Nov 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Choerocoris paganus | 7 Nov 2021 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Nov 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
Was so excited to find this beetle which I first saw near Beechworth a few weeks ago. These were in one patch of shrubs.
2 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
7 Nov 2021
Not a beetle, but a true bug from family Scutelleridae - this one is the Red or Ground Jewel Bug Choerocoris paganus.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
7 Nov 2021
Ohhhh. THanks Harvey. No wonder I couldn't find it online under "beetle"!
Location information
- Coordinates 146.900978-36.072820
- Maps Nail Can Hill Albury
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 6 Nov 2021 02:35 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr
Additional information
- Dodonaea hop bush Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Choerocoris paganus Scientific name
- Ground shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2065m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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