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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Stink Bug (Pentatomoidea, Pentatomidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Pittosporum Bug (Pseudapines geminata)
	This Photo:	🔍Adult, dorsal🔎
	Thank you Dee Petersen & Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere These are quite small bugs. We haven't measured one, but adults are ~7mm long. Early instars are circular, elongating to an oval shape as they age. 1st instars only have 2 white spots (one on each site), getting more as they molt. Instars are black with white spots/patches and orange antennae, while adults attain some orange/chestnut highlights to the edge of the body. The adult patterns are very consistent between specimens Underneath, they are very pale, and the legs have a blue tinge to them. We have photographed these in Feb, Mar, Apr, May & Sep.
	Copyright © 2011-2022 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 04-May-2011
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.