Sighting 4634571
Musgraveia sulciventris
2 Bronze Orange Bug at Higgins, ACT
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| Musgraveia sulciventris | DiBickers | 2 Feb 2025 | |
| Musgraveia sulciventris | AlisonMilton | 3 Jan 2025 | |
| Musgraveia sulciventris | SandraH | 3 Jan 2025 | |
| Unverified | Jennybach | 3 Jan 2025 |
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Multiple bugs that cluster and mate and /orlay eggs on this cumquat annually
5 comments
3 Jan 2025
According to an article in the Canberra Times you can cook and eat these: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8853915/eating-stink-bugs-unorthodox-citrus-pest-control/
3 Jan 2025
4 Jan 2025
Hey everyone I’m appreciating your likes and comments. Makes me feel like I’m part of the citizen science community now. Happy photo hunting for 2025. Jenny
29 Jan 2025
Re reference above of cooking and eating these. According to R Farrow, Insects of South Eastern Australia 2024p66 species of the Pentatomidae contain distasteful to toxic chemicals “..including alkaloids, cyanides, peptides, phenolic and pyrazines..”. I agree that the aroma of Stink Bugs is giving us a message.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.028957-35.228158
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Jan 2025 12:17 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Mating Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Jennybach NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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6 / 7
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