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- We found two species of this tribe in Brisbane.
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- Green Vegetable Bug
  - Nezara viridula, body length 15mm
- We sometimes found them on tomatoes and other vegetables. This is an
introduced species and a wide spread pest in the warmer part of the world. The
bug is green in colour. The immature stages
are brightly coloured with orange, red, black and green. More pictures and
information please visit this page.
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- New Zealand Vegetable Bug
 - Glaucias amyoti, body length 15mm
- This green stink bug can be found on vegetable and look very similar to
the above species. Although its common name, this bug can be found in New
Zealand, Australia and South-east Asia.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508.
- 2. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,
Australian Museum online 2003.
- 3. .
- 4. Pentatomoidea
(Heteroptera) Introduction - Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research 2005.
- 5. Genera
of Pentatomidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004
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