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Red Jewel Bug

Choerocoris paganus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 524, February 384, March 274, April 105, May 50, June 29, July 21, August 36, September 136, October 279, November 463, December 510.
Australia2,811
Victoria891
South Australia747
New South Wales426
Tasmania283
Western Australia243
Queensland113
Northern Territory69
Australian Capital Territory38
Other Territories1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyJewel Bugs · Scutelleridae
GenusChoerocoris

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