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Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

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Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

Featured sightings

Adrisa sp. (genus) (Burrowing Bug) at Ainslie, ACT - 14 Jan 2025 by jb2602

Commius elegans (Cherry Ballart Shield Bug) at Yackandandah, VIC - 2 Dec 2024 by KylieWaldon

Coleotichus costatus (Green shield-backed bug) at O'Connor, ACT - 14 Feb 2023 by ConBoekel

Dictyotus conspicuus (A shield or stink bug) at Aranda, ACT - 23 Oct 2022 by CathB

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Majura, ACT - 26 Jan 2021 by jb2602

Pentatomidae (family) (Shield or Stink bug) at Jagungal Wilderness, NSW - 20 Jan 2022 by NedJohnston

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Acton, ACT - 19 Jan 2020 by TimL

Poecilometis sp. (genus) (A Gum Tree Shield Bug) - 28 Oct 2018 by jb2602

Latest sightings

Oncocoris sp. (genus) at Campbell, ACT - Today by Hejor1

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Acton, ACT - 19 Oct 2025 by TimL

Unverified Shield, Stink or Jewel Bug (Pentatomoidea) at Blinman, SA - 24 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Choerocoris paganus (Ground shield bug) at Aranda, ACT - 19 Oct 2025 by KMcCue

Kapunda troughtoni (Shield bug) at O'Malley, ACT - 18 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Theodore, ACT - 17 Oct 2025 by Cardy

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Marree, SA - 27 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Cuspicona simplex (Green potato bug) at Parkes, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Poecilometis sp. (genus) (A Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Parkes, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Alcaeus varicornis (Acacia shield bug) at Parkes, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Alcaeus varicornis (Acacia shield bug) at Parkes, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Dictyotus caenosus (Brown Shield Bug) at Kenny, ACT - 16 Oct 2025 by HappyWanderer

Poecilometis sp. (genus) (A Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 15 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Dictyotus caenosus (Brown Shield Bug) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 15 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Vitellus sp. (genus) (Spined shield bug) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 15 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Theseus modestus (Gum tree shield bug) at Scullin, ACT - 12 Oct 2025 by AlisonMilton

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Evatt, ACT - 15 Oct 2025 by rbannister

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Crowther, NSW - 15 Oct 2025 by Frecko

Poecilometis apicalis ssp. apicalis (A Gum tree shield bug) at Reid, ACT - 14 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Stauralia sp. (genus) (False stink bug) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 9 Oct 2025 by blacksheep

Pentatomoidea (superfamily) (Unidentified Shield or Stink bug) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 10 Oct 2025 by blacksheep

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Ainslie, ACT - 12 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Diemenia rubromarginata (Pink-margined bug) at Campbell, ACT - 13 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Notius consputus (Yellow-dotted shield bug) at Nanima, NSW - 12 Oct 2025 by 81mv

Stauralia sp. (genus) (False stink bug) at Bruce, ACT - 10 Oct 2025 by AlisonMilton

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Higgins, ACT - 9 Oct 2025 by AlisonMilton

Oncocoris geniculatus (A shield bug) at Russell, ACT - 9 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Alcaeus varicornis (Acacia shield bug) at Parkes, ACT - 9 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Poecilometis sp. (genus) (A Gum Tree Shield Bug) at West Wodonga, VIC - 7 Oct 2025 by KylieWaldon

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Arkaroola Village, SA - 28 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Asopinae sp. (Subfamily) (A predatory stink bug) at Arkaroola Village, SA - 28 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Russell, ACT - 7 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Poecilometis sp. (genus) (A Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Russell, ACT - 7 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at O'Malley, ACT - 7 Oct 2025 by Mike

Cuspicona carneola (A shield bug) at Fadden, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by DavidDedenczuk

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug) at Lyneham, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Dictyotus inconspicuus (A stink bug) at Lyneham, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Amphaces sp. (genus) (Shield bug) at Lyneham, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Eupolemus angularis (Acanthosomatid bug) at Lyneham, ACT - 6 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Cuspicona simplex (Green potato bug) at Kambah, ACT - 5 Oct 2025 by GirtsO

Cuspicona simplex (Green potato bug) at Hackett, ACT - 5 Oct 2025 by WalterEgo

Adrisa sp. (genus) (Burrowing Bug) by chriselidie

Diemenia rubromarginata (Pink-margined bug) at Ainslie, ACT - 5 Oct 2025 by Hejor1

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Kangaroo Valley, NSW - 5 Oct 2025 by lbradley

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 30 Sep 2025 by blacksheep

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Monga, NSW - 4 Oct 2025 by MatthewFrawley

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug) at Scullin, ACT - 11 Sep 2025 by AlisonMilton

Eupolemus angularis (Acanthosomatid bug) at Bungendore, NSW - 4 Oct 2025 by clarehoneydove

Pentatominae (subfamily) (A stink bug) at Chapman, ACT - 27 Sep 2025 by WindyHen

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Deakin, ACT - 27 Sep 2025 by KaiDewPHD

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Monga, NSW - 26 Sep 2025 by clarehoneydove

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Morton Plains, VIC - 14 Jul 2011 by WendyEM

Agonoscelis rutila (Horehound bug) at Watchem, VIC - 14 Jul 2011 by WendyEM

Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Canyonleigh, NSW - 19 Sep 2025 by blacksheep

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

19 Oct 2025

May also be a Platycoris species

Pentatominae (subfamily)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Oct 2025

I have removed the Green Shield Bug image - which can be entered as a seperate sighting

Stauralia sp. (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Oct 2025

Possibly the nymph of the Centreline shield bug (Omyta centrolineata)

Pentatomoidea (superfamily)

Curiosity wrote:

14 Oct 2025

@blacksheep, I think you have 2 different bugs in this sighting. The one in image two could be a Green Shield Bug (Ocirrhoe unimaculata). Not sure about the one in images 1 & 3, maybe Stauralia sp. (genus)?

Stauralia sp. (genus)

trevorpreston wrote:

14 Oct 2025

This is a true bug, some kind of shield bug. Definitely not a cockroach.

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