Green jewel bug

Green Jewel Bug

Lampromicra senator

Green Jewel Bug, Lampromicra senator

Biology

The Green Jewel Bug forms non-feeding clusters during hot dry periods especially along creeks, spreading out to feed on many plants from ferns and figs to Lantana when conditions improve. It occurs in tropical and subtropical Australia, extending as far south as Wollongong in New South Wales.

 

Identification

Length 9 to 14 mm. The Green Jewel Bug is extremely variable in coloration, ranging from metallic green to purplish-blue. Some specimens have an orange stripe across the shield-like scutellum.

 

Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primoplan 58mm f/1.9 lens second version M42 mount 49mm filter size @ f/1.9.

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