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Red-banded Seed-eating Bug

Melanerythrus mactans

Photo by TamDalton
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Field Notes

Description:

Approx 1.5 cm long

Habitat:

Found wandering in the gutter next to open parkland with native trees & shrubs

Reference Links:

Melanerythrus mactans | Atlas of Living Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Red-banded Seed-eating Bug

Melanerythrus mactans

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Reza Hashemizadeh
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