Reddish Shield Bug
S2, Male, Proboscus Shield
Ellura
Reddish Shield Bug
S3, Male, Body
 
                      
Reddish Shield Bug (Poecilometis alienus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Reddish Shield Bug (Poecilometis alienus)
This Photo:     S2, Male, Face

Thank you David Muirhead for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The males were ~11mm & ~12mm, while the female was ~13mm long.
The 2nd specimen, male, is much redder than the others, which is possibly caused by freshly moulting.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Dec-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.