Acacia-spotting bug at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Rayieria acaciae | 14 Jan 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Miridae (family) | 14 Jan 2018 | KimPullen | ||
| Miridae (family) | 13 Jan 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 24 Dec 2017 | petersan |
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5 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
15 Jan 2018
Same as Bowerbird sighting #27807 (also from Canberra), which was tentatively placed in subtribe Monaloniina of Miridae, and 'most similar to...Eucerocoris and Ragwelellus'.
KimPullen
wrote:
15 Jan 2018
Also same as Bowerbird #78964, identified as Rayieria acaciae. I'll go with that for now.
petersan
wrote:
15 Jan 2018
Thanks all. I looked it up and now understand that what I thought was scale was in fact a consequence of the Rayieria feeding process. They can really damage a small tree.
KimPullen
wrote:
15 Jan 2018
That's interesting that they can also cause round lesions, in addition to the linear ones I mentioned in my notes on the species page.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.161357-35.247215
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2017 09:31 AM Recorded on
- petersan Recorded by
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Insects Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) petersan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- A large oval leaf acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Rayieria acaciae Scientific name
- Acacia-spotting bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 894.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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