Sighting 4241462
1 Shield bug at Eden, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 14 Nov 2019 | HarveyPerkins |
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User's notes
Suggest these are a species of Antestiopsis, but they don't quite fit any images I've been able to find on the web. Also these ones were duller than the previous one (record 4241461) and lack the black spot on the scutellum - don't know what this means. This record constituted two 'pairs' where a larger individual was closely followed by a slightly smaller one. They were quite camera-shy.
1 comment
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
16 Nov 2019
Yes - the ALA record was the closest I could find, but it still leaves me very uncomfortable ascribing them to the same species. On the other hand, there are only two species listed in ALA under Antestiopsis; and a comment on Wikipaedia relating to A thunbergii (which appears to be an African species) suggests that colour cvariation can be pronounced. I am comfortable with ascribing it to Antestiopsis sp., but would be cautious about assigning to species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.905385-37.044301
- Places Eden, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 10 Nov 2019 12:25 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) HarveyPerkins South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Antestiopsis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 634.86m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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