Melanerythrus mutilatus

A seed eating bug at Cotter River, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 148.780414-35.526020
• Maps Namadgi National Park
• Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 20 Feb 2021 10:43 AM Recorded on
• MatthewFrawley Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender

Species information

• Melanerythrus mutilatus Scientific name
• A seed eating bug Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1665.6m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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