Rayieria acaciae
Acacia-spotting bug at Hackett, ACT
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| Rayieria acaciae | KimPullen | 14 Jan 2018 | |
| Miridae (family) | KimPullen | 14 Jan 2018 | |
| Miridae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Jan 2018 | |
| Unverified | petersan | 24 Dec 2017 |
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5 comments
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'.
15 Jan 2018
Also same as Bowerbird #78964, identified as Rayieria acaciae. I'll go with that for now.
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.
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
- A large oval leaf acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- petersan Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rayieria acaciae Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
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
- External link More information
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