Genus Melanina

Melanina nr. aenescens – differing from M. aenescens by the scutum being uniformly dark metallic green (ie not distinctly greener posteriorly) and the face not purplish or violaceous when viewed from above (instead metallic blue-green in colour).
Late December 2018
Buckland
Body length around 3.3mm.
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Early March 2021
Tasmanian Bushland Garden, Buckland
IMG 8762  IMG 8767  IMG 8769