Alydidae (family)
1 A broad-headed bug at Mount Majura
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| Alydidae (family) | RogerF | 1 Mar 2024 | |
| Catantopini sp. (tribe) | abread111 | 1 Mar 2024 |
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3 comments
2 Mar 2024
Barb, the antenna of true bugs have always 4 segments - just visible in your first photograph; the first close to the head quite "robust". It looks like the bugs I have on the wallaby grasses in my garden. In Germany I would have suggested a "Grass bug".
Location information
- Coordinates 149.171287-35.231096
- Altitude 659.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Mar 2024 11:01 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- Carex Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Alydidae (family) Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Alydidae (family) Scientific name
- A broad-headed bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 755m Recorded at altitude
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