Trilaccus mimeticus
2 Braconid-mimic plant bug at Deakin, ACT
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| Trilaccus mimeticus | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Apr 2023 | |
| Trilaccus mimeticus | SimoneC | 9 Apr 2023 | |
| Callibracon sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 26 May 2021 | |
| Callibracon sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 18 Feb 2021 |
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User's notes
This strikingly coloured wasp was doing something interesting . . . feeding?
5 comments
9 Apr 2023
I just noticed this bug hiding in amongst our wasps. You can see its piercing mouthparts feeding on an aphid or something similar. The antennae also have much longer segments than wasps generally do.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103595-35.327246
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Feb 2021 02:51 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Trilaccus mimeticus Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Trilaccus mimeticus Scientific name
- Braconid-mimic plant bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Unknown
- Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
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