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Family Pentatomidae
- This page contains pictures and information about She-oak Stink Bugs that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 12mm
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- She-oak Stink Bug is bight green colour with three yellow stripes on the prothorax and
on scutellum. Its body is elongated oval shape with relatively large head and
eyes.
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- We found this bug once in the She-oak area in Karawatha Forest near the
Lagoon, where was covered with dense young She-oak pine trees (Casuarina sp. or Allocasuarina sp.).
The bug was wandering on the needle leaves. It flied away after we took some
photos. It is a good flier.
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- The bug is remarkably adapted in its colouration to enable it to escape detection
when it is on
host plants. Its body colour scheme is the same as the Red
Green Spined Bug which also lives on She-oak pine tree as
well.
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Nymph
 - Body length 12mm
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- We went back to the She-oak area in Karawatha Forest to see if we could
find more information about this bug. We searched for half a day and lucky
enough to find this nymph. It was about the side of adult so we believed it
was the last instars.
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- The nymph looks about the same as the bug adult, with the same green,
yellowish-white and reddish-brown colour scheme.
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- Their eggs ?
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- We found this eggs on She-oak pine in Carbrook Wetland on Nov 2010. We
think they are the Red Green Spined Stink Bug's eggs but not exactly sure.
Host Plant
- River She-Oak
 - Casuarina cunninghamiana
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- Reference:
- 1. Stink
Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys, Australian Museum online 2003.
- 2. Two new species of
Diaphyta Bergroth with notes on the genus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) - FJD McDonald, Australian Journal of Entomology, Volume 40 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 22, 2001.
- 3. Species
Diaphyta pulchra (Dallas, 1851) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Commonwealth of Australia 2005.
- 4. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera-Part II - Gross,
G.F. (1976).
Adelaide: A.B. James, p490.
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