Sighting 4666344
Lampromicra aerea
A jewel bug at Copmanhurst, NSW
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| Lampromicra aerea | DiBickers | 6 May 2025 | |
| Unverified | MazzV | 29 Apr 2025 |
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User's notes
I suspect this is a proper Bug, and have found it a couple of times on specimens of this ‘Slender Grape’ vine (Causonis clematidea). Camera shy, it insisted on keeping its belly uppermost (photos 3, 4 & 5), making it a challenge to get a top shot. Vivid vermilion margins around the aforementioned belly, with a similar colour on the upper legs.(photo 5) Whilst I couldn’t capture it well, the body had a rich green, almost metallic sheen to it (photos 1 & 2). All in all quite a strikingly colourful creature, with coal-black eyes (photo 3 amongst others).
3 comments
12 May 2025
So delighted to hear that @DiBickers, Just have to share the laughs when being so entertained by what's out there ~ hopefully it lightens the more exacting & ever important clinical observations I’m trying to hone.
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
- Slender Grape vine (Causonis clematidea) Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Lampromicra aerea Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Lampromicra aerea Scientific name
- A jewel bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 77m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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6 / 7
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