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Tip wilter bug
Amorbus spp.
-37.894, 145.311
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"
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