Ippatha australiensis

HemipteraIppatha australiensis Leptocoris Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Reduviidae Assassin Bugs

— see Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies

The Ippatha australiensis is a member of the stink bugs (family Pentatomidae). This specimen was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Central Australia and placed on the foliage of a nearby rose bush.

You can see one of the wings, stuck to the outer-side of the elytra. Most likely it attempted to fly out of the water surface tension of the pool and this wing got stuck.

In the following series of photos, the Ippatha australiensis is stretching, flexing and fanning its wings, most likely to dry them out. Once dried, it then flew away.

In the following photo, you can see one of the brown memberous wings on top of the elytra, likely stuck on top of the elytra when it fell in the swimming pool.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Hemiptera
• Suborder: Heteroptera
• Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
• Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
• Family: Pentatomidae
• Subfamily: Pentatominae
• Genus: Ippatha
• Species: Ippatha australiensis

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HemipteraIppatha australiensis Leptocoris Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Reduviidae Assassin Bugs

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