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Yellow Brown Stink Bug - Aspideurus flavescens

Family Pentatomidae

This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Brown Stink Bug that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

 
Body length 12mm
 
This bug has yellow patches on brown colour. The Scutellum is enlarged and in U-shaped.
 
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Quite a number of them were found on the same host plant during spring season. From reference this bug is associated with Buckinghamia sp. (PROTEACEAE), Gossypium sp. (MALVACEAE).
 
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Reference:
1. Stink Bugs of Australia - FaunaKeys,  Australian Museum online 2003.
2. Aspideurus Signoret, 1880 - by Gerry Cassis, Emma Betts and Michael Elliott, Stink Bugs, Fauna Net, Australian Museum 2002 
3. Aspideurus flavescens Breddin 1900 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005. 

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