Musgraveia sulciventris

2 Bronze Orange Bug at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

Musgraveia sulciventris	3 Jan 2025	AlisonMilton
Musgraveia sulciventris	3 Jan 2025	SandraH
Unidentified	3 Jan 2025	Jennybach

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Multiple bugs that cluster and mate and /orlay eggs on this cumquat annually

4 comments

SandraH wrote:

3 Jan 2025

In my garden it’s the lemon tree they target

Mike wrote:

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/

AlisonMilton wrote:

3 Jan 2025

@Mike @SandraH I don't think I'll try this. I know how much they stink when you touch them and I relate that to how they probably taste.

Jennybach wrote:

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

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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
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Jennybach Latest Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects Pinned Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Mixed Gender
Mating Breeding behaviour
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Musgraveia sulciventris Scientific name
Bronze Orange Bug Common name
Not Sensitive
Non-local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1196.75m Recorded at altitude
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