Sighting 4544695
Musgraveia sulciventris
Bronze Orange Bug at Page, ACT
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| Musgraveia sulciventris | MichaelMulvaney | 16 Jan 2024 | |
| Musgraveia sulciventris | CattleDog | 15 Jan 2024 |
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Infestation - never seen enough on my citrus to worry about before this sight. Mostly adults but a few later stage nymphs.
3 comments
16 Jan 2024
You want to pull them off =- wearing gloves and squash them 0 and get on top of numbers unfortunately they can build up rapidly
16 Jan 2024
Thanks Michael - I removed all 99 (+/- a few) on the weekend. Definitely learnt my lesson & will be more responsive from now on!
Location information
- Places Page, ACT
Sighting information
- 99 Abundance
- CattleDog Recorded by
- Feeding on potted citrus plants Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- CattleDog Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Musgraveia sulciventris Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Musgraveia sulciventris Scientific name
- Bronze Orange Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 840m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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