HeteropteraHeteroptera Index Amyotea hamata (Yellow Predatory Shield Bug) Choerocoris paganus (Red Jewel Bug) Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Melanacanthus margineguttatus (Bean Bug) Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Poecilometis strigatus Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Shield Bugs – Stink Bugs Tectocoris diophthalmus (Hibiscus Harlequin Bug)
Commonly known as the Brown Shield Bug or Gum Tree Shield Bug (Poecilometis strigatus) is in family Pentatomidae, a group of insects known as Stink Bugs.
Poecilometis strigatus can be variable in pattern and colour, with the early emerging adults, pale in colour, ranging to almost black as they age.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
- Family: Pentatomidae
- Subfamily: Pentatominae
- Tribe: Halyini
- Genus: Poecilometis
- Species: Poecilometis strigatus
Footnote & References
- Brown Shield Bug (Poecilometis strigatus) © Tony Eales
- Brown Shield Bug (Poecilometis strigatus) © Stefan Jones
HeteropteraHeteroptera Index Amyotea hamata (Yellow Predatory Shield Bug) Choerocoris paganus (Red Jewel Bug) Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Melanacanthus margineguttatus (Bean Bug) Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Poecilometis strigatus Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Shield Bugs – Stink Bugs Tectocoris diophthalmus (Hibiscus Harlequin Bug)
InsectsInsects Life Cycle… Bees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Mantodea Moths Neuroptera Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub
