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Metallic Jewel Bug

Scutiphora pedicellata

Description:

Body length approx. 15mm The bugs are metallic green in colour with orange and black patterns on the back. Underside of their body is bright red / orange and black in colours.

Habitat:

Coastal bushland

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2 Comments

Desmond.E.S.O
Desmond.E.S.O 9 years ago

That's the most colorful bug that I have ever seen!

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 9 years ago

Fantastic shot. What a neat little bug. So many different species up north that I've never seen in Brisbane.

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Dec 22, 2014
Submitted on Dec 22, 2014

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