Seed bug at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Lygaeidae (family) | 17 Nov 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lygaeidae (family) | 5 Nov 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 5 Nov 2025 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
Some sort of moth??
1 comment
ibaird
wrote:
6 Nov 2025
No, a possible Lygaenid beetle. What I initally thought has a Helioccosma(genus) larval case is a seed head.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.081481-35.258061
- Altitude 639.7m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 5 Nov 2025 11:18 AM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Collections
KMcCue NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects Lygaeidae (family)
Additional information
- Everlasting Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Lygaeidae (family) Scientific name
- Seed bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 694m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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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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