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Plant bug

Pseudopantilius sp.

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A large plant bug looks very smartly dressed with red and brown stripes.

Habitat:

Found with several others on a flowering flat pea bush

Notes:

Nymph :)
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/20915

Reference Links:

Genus Pseudopantilius - Insects of Tasmania: Hemiptera

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Did you consider P australis? http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/46398
MartinL
Pseudopantilius https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/suborder-heteroptera/miridae-plant-bugs/genus-pseudopantilius
MartinL
Thanks vedkarve Seems its not a pant bug at all but a mirid bug Brown Mirid Bug - Rayieria sp http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_miridbugs/BrownMiridBug.htm
MartinL
Thanks vedkarve ?? Rayieria sp http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_miridbugs/BrownMiridBug.htm

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PublishedOctober 30, 2014

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