Family

Jewel Bugs

Scutelleridae

24 species in our catalog · found in 36 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHemiptera (True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies)
FamilyScutelleridae (Jewel Bugs)

Species in this group

Endemic

Choerocoris paganus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Cantao ocellatus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Endemic

Scutiphora pedicellata

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Poecilocoris lewisi

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Lampromicra senator

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Tectocoris diophthalmus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Chrysocoris fascialis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Eurygaster testudinaria

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eurygaster austriaca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eurygaster maura

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pachycoris torridus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontoscelis fuliginosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calliphara regalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Augocoris illustris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Brachyaulax cyaneovitta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontotarsus grammicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calliphara nobilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Symphylus ramivitta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scutellera nepalensis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontotarsus purpureolineatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontotarsus robustus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Psacasta exanthematica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Tetyra antillarum

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Calidea dregii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Jewel Bugs

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	4 of 24	~50%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~30%
	Chrysocoris fascialis			~20%
	Brachyaulax cyaneovitta			~10%
	Scutellera nepalensis			~10%
2	Nitmiluk National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 24	~40%
	Green Jewel Bug			~30%
	Red Jewel Bug			~20%
3	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~40%
	Red Jewel Bug			~40%
4	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 24	~40%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~30%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
5	Hattah-Kulkyne National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~40%
	Red Jewel Bug			~40%
6	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 24	~30%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~20%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
7	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	5 of 24	~30%
	European Tortoise Bug			~10%
	Large Purple Streaked Shieldbug			~10%
	Odontotarsus robustus			~10%
	Psacasta exanthematica			~10%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
8	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~30%
	Red Jewel Bug			~30%
9	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	1 of 24	~30%
	Clown Stink Bug			~30%
10	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~20%
	Red Jewel Bug			~20%
11	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~20%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~20%
12	Noosa National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~20%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~20%
13	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~20%
	Red Jewel Bug			~20%
14	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 24	~20%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			~10%
	Odontotarsus grammicus			~10%
15	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 24	~20%
	Greater-Streaked Shieldbug			~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
16	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 24	~20%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
17	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 24	~20%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~20%
18	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	2 of 24	~20%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
	Symphylus ramivitta			~10%
19	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	2 of 24	~20%
	Augocoris illustris			~10%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
20	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	4 of 24	~20%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
	European Tortoise Bug			~10%
	Psacasta exanthematica			<5%
	Large Purple Streaked Shieldbug			<5%
21	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 24	~20%
	Calliphara regalis			~10%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~10%
22	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 24	~20%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
	Augocoris illustris			~10%
23	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
24	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~10%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
25	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~10%
	Green Jewel Bug			~10%
26	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
27	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 24	~10%
	Augocoris illustris			~10%
	Tetyra antillarum			~10%
28	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
29	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1 of 24	~10%
	Greater-Streaked Shieldbug			~10%
30	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~10%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
31	Sepilok	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 24	~10%
	Mangrove Jewel Bug			~10%
32	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 24	~10%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			~10%
33	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
34	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
35	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 24	<5%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			<5%
36	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 24	<5%
	Rainbow Shield Bug			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 24	~40%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~30%
	Green Jewel Bug			~10%
	Metallic Shield Bug			<5%
2	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 24	~40%
	Hibiscus Harlequin Bug			~20%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
3	Hobart	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 24	~30%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
4	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	4 of 24	~20%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
	Scutellera nepalensis			<5%
	Brachyaulax cyaneovitta			<5%
	Chrysocoris fascialis			<5%
5	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1 of 24	~20%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~20%
6	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	2 of 24	~20%
	Odontotarsus grammicus			~10%
	Psacasta exanthematica			~10%
7	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	6 of 24	~20%
	European Tortoise Bug			~10%
	Large Purple Streaked Shieldbug			<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
	Psacasta exanthematica			<5%
	Greater-Streaked Shieldbug			<5%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			<5%
8	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 24	~20%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
	Metallic Shield Bug			~10%
9	Jinan	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~20%
	Clown Stink Bug			~20%
10	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
11	Taichung	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
12	Zhuhai [Macau]	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
13	Kunming	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
14	São Luís	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 24	~10%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
15	Fuzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
16	Beijing	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Clown Stink Bug			~10%
17	Seoul	🇰🇷 South Korea	2 of 24	~10%
	Clown Stink Bug			~10%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
18	Hong Kong	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
19	Singapore	🇸🇬 Singapore	2 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
	Mangrove Jewel Bug			<5%
20	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	2 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
21	São Paulo	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 24	~10%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
22	Perth	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 24	~10%
	Red Jewel Bug			~10%
23	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
24	Qingdao	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Clown Stink Bug			~10%
25	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
26	Tuen Mun	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
27	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
28	Campinas	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 24	~10%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
29	Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	2 of 24	~10%
	Clown Stink Bug			<5%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			<5%
30	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 24	~10%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
31	Kuala Lumpur	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
32	Guangzhou	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
33	Tainan	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
34	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 24	~10%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			~10%
35	Belo Horizonte	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 24	~10%
	Torrid Jewel Bug			~10%
36	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 24	~10%
	European Tortoise Bug			~10%
37	Shanghai	🇨🇳 China	1 of 24	~10%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			~10%
38	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
39	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 24	~10%
	Augocoris illustris			<5%
	Tetyra antillarum			<5%
40	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 24	~10%
	Tortoise Bug			~10%
41	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 24	<5%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
42	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 24	<5%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			<5%
43	Kaohsiung	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 24	<5%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			<5%
44	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
45	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
46	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 24	<5%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
47	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 24	<5%
	Southern Broad-Bellied Bug			<5%
48	Kochi	🇮🇳 India	1 of 24	<5%
	Mangrove Jewel Bug			<5%
49	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
50	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%
51	Bangkok	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 24	<5%
	Ocellated Shield Bug			<5%
52	Cape Town	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 24	<5%
	Rainbow Shield Bug			<5%
53	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 24	<5%
	European Tortoise Bug			<5%
54	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 24	<5%
	Tortoise Bug			<5%

Jewel Bugs

Species in this group

Red Jewel Bug

Ocellated Shield Bug

Metallic Shield Bug

Clown Stink Bug

Green Jewel Bug

Hibiscus Harlequin Bug

Chrysocoris fascialis

Tortoise Bug

Southern Broad-Bellied Bug

European Tortoise Bug

Torrid Jewel Bug

Greater-Streaked Shieldbug

Calliphara regalis

Augocoris illustris

Brachyaulax cyaneovitta

Odontotarsus grammicus

Mangrove Jewel Bug

Symphylus ramivitta

Scutellera nepalensis

Large Purple Streaked Shieldbug

Odontotarsus robustus

Psacasta exanthematica

Tetyra antillarum

Rainbow Shield Bug

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Jewel Bugs

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked