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Lampromicra senator
Length 9 to 14 mm. The Green Jewel Bug is extremely variable in coloration, ranging from metallic green to purplish-blue. Some specimens have an orange stripe across the shield-like scutellum.
The Green Jewel Bug forms non-feeding clusters during hot dry periods especially along creeks, spreading out to feed on many plants from ferns and figs to Lantana when conditions improve. It occurs in tropical and subtropical Australia, extending as far south as Wollongong in New South Wales.
Common name: Green Jewel Bug.
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Spotted on May 19, 2012
Submitted on May 19, 2012
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