Milkweed bug at Bango, NSW
Identification history
| Spilostethus pacificus | 8 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melanerythrus mactans | 28 Feb 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 28 Feb 2025 | ConBoekel |
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
28 Feb 2025
Matches Melanerythrus mactans, but lacks the white spot on it's back.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.977718-34.743490
- Altitude 698.3m
- Maps Bango Nature Reserve
- Places Bango, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2025 11:15 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Spilostethus pacificus Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Spilostethus pacificus Scientific name
- Milkweed bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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