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Choerocoris paganus
A small jewel bug from the group Scutelleridae . Sometimes called the red jewel bug or the Dodonaea bug. This bug usually has very bright colors.
On a native shrub. Hop bush (Dodonaea sp.).
Spotted on Nov 18, 2014
Submitted on Nov 18, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you Mark.
I agree with your persuasive links that are quite difinitive. I've only seen very bright ones before. This is also called the Dodonaea bug, which is the plant that I found it on. (Dodonaea = Hop bush)
Some orangish ones...
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
http://www.ellura.info/Insect/Bug/DSC046...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dingilingi...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29697818@N...
Maybe Mark.
All images of that species that I am aware of are blue and red.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Choerocoris paganus ?