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Orange Black Stink Bug - Novatilla virgata
Family Pentatomidae
This page contains pictures and information about Orange Black Stink Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We found this bug once during mid summer in Karawatha Forest 2005. It was wandering on grasses. The small bug has the eye-catching colour patterns, with orange and white strips on black.
- We checked that there is not much information available about this Orange Black Stink Bug.
- Reference:
- 1. FaunaKeys - Stink Bugs of Australia, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 2. Novatilla Distant, 1888 - by Gerry Cassis, Emma Betts and Michael Elliott, Stink Bugs, Fauna Net, Australian Museum 2002
- 3. Novatilla virgata (Dallas, 1851) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 4. Insect Reference Collection Database - Department of Agriculture Western Australia.
