Dysdercus sidae

Pale Cotton Stainer at Michelago, NSW

Identification history

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3 comments

CathB wrote:

   2 Jan 2019

This looks rather like something I saw last June. See Dysdercus sidae (Pale Cotton Stainer) on 24 Jun 2018

Illilanga wrote:

   2 Jan 2019

Yes, I would agree that is the same bug.

RogerF wrote:

   2 Jan 2019

D. versicolor is the commoner local species but lacks the twin dots

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.156300-35.779692
• Altitude 811.0m
• Maps Illilanga & Baroona
• Places Michelago, NSW

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 20 Dec 2018 04:12 PM Recorded on
• Illilanga Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Other true bugs Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

• Dysdercus sidae Scientific name
• Pale Cotton Stainer Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 811m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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