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Tip wilter bug

Amorbus spp.

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

22mm long, black with cream-yellow markings, 3 white banded antennae, marked tarsus, tiny spots all over back, alternating pattern on connexivum, no obvious wing buds yet?,

Habitat:

eucalyptus leaf

Notes:

Amorbus alternatus?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21342600@N03/6579749109/in/set-72157628585…

http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/forestry/forest_health/forest_health_fact_shee…

!!!!? Mictis profana
(species)
Taxonomy: Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae: Mictis: profana
Common Names: Bugs, Coreids, crusader bug

"Ken Walker says
Hi -- This is an immature Crusader Bug - probably 2nd or 3rd instar. Note the flanged tibiae on the legs. The Brisbane Insects website is the only one where I could find images of immatures of this bug: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_coreidbugs/CrusaderBug.htm Cheers Ken"

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

Definitely a nymph Ashish. I'll need to research this one further but I think I saw a reference somewhere showing it as the final (5th?) instar...
Lovely Bug... Nymph or Adult..?
Thanks people - I will do the right thing and ID these but it's getting late so it's just photos for now.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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