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Green Stink Bug - Plautia affinis
Family Pentatomidae
This page contains pictures and information about Green Stink Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- The bug is mainly olive-green in colour with dark brown forewings.
- We found this bug on Wild Tobacco Solanum mauritianum in the wild. This bug also feeds on different of crops. We found the bugs a few time on plants along Bulimba Creek.
- The small bug in the above photo is the Wild Tobacco Spined Bug nymph.
- This bug is considered as minor pest on stone fruits, mulberries, grapes and vegetables such as beans and tomatoes.
- Reference:
- 1. FaunaKeys - Stink Bugs of Australia, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 2. Plautia Stål, 1865 - by Gerry Cassis, Emma Betts and Michael Elliott, Stink Bugs, Fauna Net, Australian Museum 2002
- 3. Plautia affinis (Dallas, 1851) Green Stink Bug - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 4. LIFE CYCLE OF THE GREEN STINK BUG PLAUTIA AFFINIS DALLAS - By F. J. D. MCDONALD, Australian Journal of Entomology, Volume 10, Issue 4 (p 271-275).
- 5. Green stink bug - Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland.
