A broad-headed bug at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Mutusca brevicornis | 10 Nov 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Nov 2022 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
No idea what this is so unable to put into category, hopefully this can be identified, just found it in my backyard native grassland garden.
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
10 Nov 2022
A quote from Kim P:- The common name 'broad-headed bug' is often used for members of this family (Alydidae), but it is a misnomer for this species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075919-35.384431
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Nov 2022 04:10 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
Kambah backyard native grassland garden Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Other true bugs
Additional information
- Xerochrysum viscosum Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
Species information
- Mutusca brevicornis Scientific name
- A broad-headed bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1240.18m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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