Daerlac cephalotes
Ant Mimicking Seedbug at Bruce, ACT
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| Daerlac cephalotes | KimPullen | 1 Jan 2021 | |
| Daerlac nigricans | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Dec 2020 | |
| Daerlac nigricans | Roger | 27 Dec 2020 |
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1 comment
1 Jan 2021
Although it lacks the red legs that seem typical of Daerlac cephalotes, I think this is D. cephalotes based on the pattern of colours on the hemelytra (fore wings).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.092707-35.260648
- Altitude 652.2m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Dec 2020 10:51 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Daerlac cephalotes Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Daerlac cephalotes Scientific name
- Ant Mimicking Seedbug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 756.41m Recorded at altitude
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