Well, what could could be more Australian on Australia Day than this green and gold Metallic Shield Bug on a gum leaf, posed next to the fibro wall of my cottage 😂
I've got such a soft spot for these guys. The first time I really noticed them was just over 3 years ago in my backyard swarming over some exposed tree roots. I remember this clearly because a/ it looked super beautiful and b/ I was studying Zoology at uni at the time (don't worry, I never finished that degree so you too can have this amount of knowledge by not understanding maths and chemistry 😂🙌). I posted about these guys on my personal fb page with the caption: "today in backyard zoology" and just like that (well, a few months later) this page was born! (I also posted a photo of a clump of possum fur, so there's that 😂).
Metallic Shield Bug
Northern Illawarra
