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Scientific Name : Scutiphora pedicellata
Common Name : Metallic shield bug
Description : Sap-sucking bug, found in numbers (several different instars) feeding on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully in January 2006
Habitat : Unknown
Distribution : Unknown
Family : Scutelleridae
 
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Adult Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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5th instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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4th instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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3rd instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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2nd instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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1st instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
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Metallic Shield Bug by the Fosters Gully Track
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1st instar nymphs of Metallic Shield Bug by the Coprosma Track
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Empty eggs of Metallic Shield Bug by the Coprosma Track


5th instar nymph of Metallic Shield Bug on White Elderberry (Sambucus gaudichaudiana) in Fosters Gully
January 15th 2006




 
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