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Photo by BarbaraSing
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Field Notes

Description:

10mm striking Blue and yellow bug.

Habitat:

Sandalwood Savannah Woodland Kimberley.

Species ID Suggestions

Metallic Shield Bug?

Scutiphora pedicellata

Reference Link
BarbaraSing
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Comments (5)
Mark Ridgway
It's the length of wing buds that's best indicator of which instar you have but comparisons are hard to come by. Leuba's spotting is an earlier instar to Martins. And yours looks maybe the same stage as Leuba's... but yours has some yellow on the pronotum which hers doesn't. That's why I said it might be a close cousin... same genus maybe. Pentatomidae might be safest until expert comment comes in.
BarbaraSing
Still hard to pick. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/115536346 Communis elegans, Scutelleridae. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/123096128
BarbaraSing
Thanks Mark. Yes hard to tell if their Stink Bugs or Parent Bugs in the interesting link you've posted.
Mark Ridgway
Commius elegans or maybe a close cousin... possibly penultimate instar.
Mark Ridgway
Lovely little stinkbug nymph Barbara. Can't tell exactly which one... they all change so much as the grow. Very similar here http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/12/13/unknown-immature-stink-bugs-from-australia/

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Biodiversity of The Kimberley
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Derby Bioblitz
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PublishedAugust 1, 2014

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