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Common Gum Tree Shield Bug

Poecilometis patruelis (Eumecopus patruelis)

Notes:

Very hot day. At the base of a gum tree. Seemed to be panicked so may have fallen from branches in the wind and been returning

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2 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 11 years ago

raining stink bugs, there is the experience every naturalist wants to avoid

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Some of them drop at the drop of a hat

StephenSolomons
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StephenSolomons

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Feb 18, 2013
Submitted on Feb 18, 2013

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