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Crusader Bug

Mictis profana, Coreidae family

Photo by degioannie
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Quite large (20-30mm long)
In this species, the males have thicker back legs

Habitat:

Only found them in one tree in my native garden, which was a native to the the area

Notes:

They always disappear for most of the summer months, but flourish in the tree in through our winter and spring

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
Welcome to Project Noah degioannie. It'll be great to see some wildlife from WA.
MartinL
Nice bug degioannie Welcome to the project. This seems to be a female I think I have a youngster, they look like they're dressed in a tux. And a male. I'll load them now

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