Woodlands Historic Park True Bugs

Pittosporum Shield Bug (Monteithiella humeralis) at Woodlands Historic Park
Pittosporum Shield Bug on Sweet Bursaria. early February. About 10mm long.
Pittosporum Shield Bug feeding on Bursaria Spinosa seed at Woodlands Historic Park
Feeding on ripe seed of Sweet Bursaria, mid April.
Pittosporum Shield Bug 1st instar nymphs and eggs at Woodlands Historic Park
1st instar nymphs and the eggs they hatched from, late April. The eggs are about 1mm across.
Pittosporum Shield Bug 2nd instar nymphs and eggs at Woodlands Historic Park
The same nymphs 11 days later, now 2nd instar.

More information about this species can be found in the New Zealand Landcare Research Factsheet.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Heteroptera - true bugs, 2806 named species in Australia
Superfamily PENTATOMOIDEA - Shield Bugs, 572 named species in Australia
Family PENTATOMIDAE - Stink bugs, 364 species in Australia
Genus Monteithiella
Species Monteithiella humeralis

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