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Brown bean bug

Melanacanthus scutellaris

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

About 25mm long.

Habitat:

Exploring a car at a national park at night for brown beans.

Notes:

Phylum: ARTHROPODA <br>
Class: HEXAPODA <br>
Order: Hemiptera <br>
Family: Alydidae <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6d… <br>
http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_1330.htm <br>

Reference Links:

Small Brown Bean Bug - Melanacanthus scutellaris

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Comments (2)
Mark Ridgway
I liked the curves in the legs and antennae... sort of makes a bent 'X' pic.

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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora

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PublishedApril 1, 2014

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