Dysdercus sidae

Pale Cotton Stainer at Michelago, NSW

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Identification history

	Dysdercus sidae	2 Jan 2019	MichaelBedingfield
	Dysdercus sidae	1 Jan 2019	Illilanga

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3 comments

CathB wrote:

2 Jan 2019

This looks rather like something I saw last June. See

Dysdercus sidae (Pale Cotton Stainer) on 24 Jun 2018

Illilanga wrote:

2 Jan 2019

Yes, I would agree that is the same bug.

RogerF wrote:

2 Jan 2019

D. versicolor is the commoner local species but lacks the twin dots

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Location information

Coordinates 149.156300 -35.779692
Altitude 811.0m
Maps Illilanga & Baroona
Places Michelago, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 Dec 2018 04:12 PM Recorded on
Illilanga Recorded by
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Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Other true bugs Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Dysdercus sidae Scientific name
Pale Cotton Stainer Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 811m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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