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Green-brown stink bug

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized 15mm green and brown shield-stink bug

Habitat:

Suburban garden on Sollya heterophylla - the bluebell creeper from Western Australia

Notes:

To be ID'd ...
seemed quite happy on the Sollya heterophylla but was the only one...
Sollya heterophylla is now known as Billardiera heterophylla

Phyllota Stink Bug (Ocirrhoe dallasi) ?? http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/SheOakStinkBug.htm

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Mark Ridgway
best so far but still no cigar ... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_stinkbugs/PhyllotaStinkBug.htm
MartinL
This is an adult already and not a nymph, since the wings are fully formed. I cannot find a match and imagine there are numerous similar species, including this one from UK http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/bugs.html. This does not belong in the beetle mission as this is limited to Coleoptera.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2012

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