1 A mirid bug at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Zanessa rubrovariegata | 15 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Zanessa pictulifer | 30 Nov 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Zanessa pictulifer | 30 Nov 2025 | chriselidie |
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User's notes
Appeared interested in small crystallised droplets on leaf. Droplet contained something orange (pic 5).
5 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
30 Nov 2025
@chriselidie Hi Chris, Your last photo is of a lerp. Could you please list as a separate sighting. Thanks Alison
KimberiRP
wrote:
30 Nov 2025
The Australian Faunal Directory has this species in genus Porphyrodema. Meanwhile, in iNat it is identified as Zanessa rubrovariegata.
chriselidie
wrote:
3 Dec 2025
Yes, it did look like it was interested in the lerp itself more than the crystalline matter. Interesting, so it's not quite clear then where this bug belongs if it's described under two different genus? Apparently Porphyrodema is a junior synonym of Zanessa - not sure what that means
Location information
- Coordinates 149.138470-35.190976
- Maps Mulanggari Grasslands
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2025 06:29 PM Recorded on
- chriselidie Recorded by
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Collections
chriselidie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Zanessa rubrovariegata Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- Eucalyptus leaf Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Zanessa rubrovariegata Scientific name
- A mirid bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 622.9m Recorded at altitude
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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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