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Cermatulus nasalis
Brown soldier bug
Native to New Zealand
BODY LENGTH: About 9 mm. COLOUR: Mostly black; thorax, wing pads with whitish outline; abdomen pale with black dots/marks, 2 large transverse black plates between a thin, broad plate and a small narrow plate near midline; legs dark with broad pale middle band; segments 1 and 4 of antennae black, segments 2-3 partly brownish yellow. WING PADS rounded at tip.
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Halyomorpha halys
Brown marmorated stink bug
NOT IN NEW ZEALAND
BODY LENGTH: About 12 mm. COLOUR: Marbled brownish black with metallic lustre; legs dark with broad pale middle band, not hairy; antennae with broad pale band across tip of segment 4 and base of segment 5. THORAX: Sides with spines. SHAPE: Broad, somewhat square.
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Oechalia schellenbergii
Schellenberg’s soldier bug
Native to New Zealand
BODY LENGTH: About 8 mm. COLOUR: Mostly black; thorax, wing pads with whitish outline; abdomen yellowish white with orange red tinge, 2 large black transverse plates between 2 smaller plates near midline; legs dark with broad pale middle band; antennae black, segment 2, often 3, yellowish red at tip. WING PADS pointed at tip.
