Nysius vinitor
Rutherglen bug at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Nysius vinitor | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Oct 2025 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 17 Oct 2025 |
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User's notes
Close inspection of the images shows the True Bug has a light brown coloured parasite attached to its body, adjacent to its head.
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19 Oct 2025
The tachnid genus Phasia has been recorded as a parasite on Ruherglen Bug, but I don't know what its eggs/larvae look like
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066700-35.285883
- Altitude 625.7m
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2025 10:06 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Nysius vinitor Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Nysius vinitor Scientific name
- Rutherglen bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 697.88m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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