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Stink bug

Aplerotus maculatus

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A small adult pentatomidae bug with delicate orange patterns

Habitat:

Dry riverside on cherry ballart.

Notes:

Found during a very dry spell on the Murray River.

Species ID Suggestions

Cabbage Bug

Eurydema oleraceum

Comments (3)

Thanks for your ID bayucca. I have a closer suggestion from Tony D through bowerbird. http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/Ento/images/A_maculatus.jpg
Pentatomidae, Pentatominae, Eurydema oleraceum, an introduced pest, native from Europe. http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/136079

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