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5/8/09
Boulevard Park, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Banasa species.
Sunning itself on a leaf of English Holly, Ilex aquifolium.
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids & Allies)
Suborder: Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family: Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Pentatomini
Genus: Banasa
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Hemiptera
Family=Pentatomidae
Common name=Gum Tree Shield Bug
As far as things to drive you completely buggy go, trying to ID shield bugs is proving difficult to beat. Mostly because their isn't that much variety in their shape, and the problem only becomes worse when you're trying to ID them from Nymphs.
Very similar to Ocirrhoe unimaculata, but lacking the pale dot that species has in the middle of the back. Might just be a colour form.
My yard, Perth, Western Australia