Miridae (family)

Unidentified plant bug at Fraser, ACT

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Identification history

	Miridae (family)	1 Mar 2024	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	12 Feb 2024	kasiaaus

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User's notes

Pollinator Survey at Dunlop Grassland. This is a strange insect possibly the same as sighting 455038. It looks like an ant mimic but I don't think it is an ant. Also similar to sighting 4552512 which was recorded on the same plant but the antennae look different and it is darker.

2 comments

JonLewis wrote:

13 Feb 2024

An assassin bug?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

21 Feb 2024

Possibly a daerlac species

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Location information

Coordinates 149.033809 -35.185829
Altitude 643.8m
Maps Dunlop Grasslands
Places Fraser, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
12 Feb 2024 11:57 AM Recorded on
kasiaaus Recorded by
Collections
Dunlop Grassland (DGE) 12 Feb 2024 Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Other true bugs kasiaaus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Less than 5mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health
Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
True Insect on a flower

Species information

Miridae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified plant bug Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania