Other Stink Bugs Species

For those stink bugs we found only one species in their group, they are listed in this page.

There is only one Australian species in this Genera.

Horehound bug

Agonoscelis rutila, body length 12mm
They are called Horehound bugs because they are usually found on the weed horehound. Sometimes it swarms on foliage and blossoms of fruit trees and ornamental plants but normally causes little injury. The bug is bright orange, with black marks on the upper and lower surfaces of the body. We took the above pictures when the bugs feeding on salvia plants (Lamiacae) on Sept 2002.

There are four Australian species in this Genera.

Dry Nut Stink Bug

Spermatodes sp., body length 10mm
We found this bug once in Karawatha Forest during late summer. It was hiding on a dry stem tip among dry leaves and hard to be noticed. The bug is brown in colour. It has a very large scutellum which covered almost all its back. There are the recess areas on each side of its back. More information and pictures can be found in this page.

Genera Aspideurus

There are two Australian species in this Genera.

Yellow Shield bug

Aspideurus sp., body length 12mm
Quite a number of them were found on the same host plant during spring season.


Brown Shield Bug

Dictyotus sp. ,body length 8mm
In mid summer we found this bug laying eggs on grass. We found some of them near by feeding on tall grasses near Bulimba Creek in Macgregor Bushland. More pictures and information in this page.

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. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.
4. Genera of Pentatomidae - The University of Queensland Insect Collection, 2004