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Family Scutelleridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Red Jewel Bugs that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 12mm
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- In mid summer during bush-walking in the rain forest near Mt Nebo, we saw
this bright red bug resting on a tall glass leaf. When we came closer to take
some photos, the bug dropped onto the ground and run away quickly.
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- The Jewel Bug is carmine red in colour with purplish-black markings. Body
strongly convex above and below.
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- The bug feeds on Forest Hop Bush Dodonaea, feeding mainly on the
seeds.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 508, plate 3.
- 2. Choerocoris paganus
(Fabricius, 1775) - Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australia 2005.
- 3. Revision of the Australian Scutelleridae Leach
(Hemiptera) - FJD McDonald and G Cassis, Australian Journal of Zoology,
1984.
- 4. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera-Part
I - Gross, G.F. (1975).
Adelaide: A.B. James, p94, plate C.
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