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Metallic Green Shield Bug - Accarana metallica

This page contains pictures and information about Shield Bugs of genera Accarana that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
 
There is only one Australian species in Genera Accarana
 
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Accarana metallica, body length 12mm
 
This bug was found once alone on Acacia leaf in Karawatha Park during early summer. The bug was brown in colour with metallic green spots on connexiva. 
 

Reference:
1. Stink Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,  Australian Museum online 2003.
2. Accarana australica - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
3. Accarana Distant - Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University.

 

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Last updated: May 20, 2005.