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Stink Bug

Stauralia chloracantha

Description:

Approx. 1cm long, hanging around on Geranium potentiliodes.

Habitat:

Sub-alpine Woodland

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7 Comments

Vinny
Vinny 9 years ago

Beauty! thanks for the effort guys.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Excellent lead thanks maniac the rest might be here Vinny http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

At least I had the correct superfamily ;-). I must admit that I always forget these Acanthosomaridae as a family ...

Maniacval
Maniacval 9 years ago

Hi Guys

It's family Acanthosomatidae genus Stauralia ;)

Greets

Vinny
Vinny 9 years ago

Great, thanks for narrowing things down Bayucca

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

Pentatomoidea, possibly Pentatomidae.
Same one, but no ID:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XnDEzIuxXLU/Tx...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Good one. Unusual colours.

Vinny
Spotted by
Vinny

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 29, 2014
Submitted on Dec 29, 2014

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