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Avicenna inquinata shield bug

It may be officially autumn in these parts, but flora and fauna activity still abounds together with the warm weather - it is temperate Australia, after all.

 

Delights such as a native Avicenna species shield bug that I came across just a couple of days ago, making its way through foliage.

 

Cool little shield bug with its colourful spines.

 

This is a true bug; that is, one with piercing and sucking mouthparts.

 

Input from iNaturalist places this as a not so common Avicenna inquinata.

 

Around 10 mm in length.

 

Link to anterior appearance: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/53526914117/in/datepo...

 

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Uploaded on April 19, 2023
Taken on April 16, 2023