Metallic Shield Bug

Scutiphora pedicellata · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Scutelleridae

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Metallic Shield Bug
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

The metallic shield bug lives along the eastern coast of Australia, including New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Its habitat and native range are the same coastal regions of those Australian states.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

The bug inhabits the same eastern coastal areas of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range covers the eastern coast of Australia, specifically New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Metallic Shield Bug photo 2
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Metallic Shield Bug photo 3
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Metallic Shield Bug photo 4
Photo: pimelea, CC BY
Metallic Shield Bug photo 5
Photo: Robert Read, CC BY

Same family (Scutelleridae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutiphora

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Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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