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True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)
Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)
Water & Shore Bugs (several families)
Other true bugs

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Scutiphora pedicellata (Metallic Jewel Bug) at Mount Stuart, TAS by VanessaC

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clarehoneydove wrote:
Yesterday
Wow what an interesting bug, doubt I would have even noticed them there!
Nerthra sp. (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
30 Jan 2025
Thanks Katarina and Clare a good match
Tinginotum minutum
clarehoneydove wrote:
29 Jan 2025
Think you may be correct @kasiaaus but will see what others say. If you look at the plate on p167 of
This 2020 Australian plant bugs guide- it matches up:
https://www.plantbiosecuritydiagnostics.net.au/app/uploads/2020/07/Aust-Miridae-manual.pdf
Tinginotum minutum
KimberiRP wrote:
29 Jan 2025
Juvenile.
Poecilometis patruelis
KimberiRP wrote:
29 Jan 2025
A midge, either Cecidomyiidae or Sciaridae.
Unidentified True bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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Scutiphora pedicellata at Mount Stuart, TAS

Scutiphora pedicellata at Mount Stuart, TAS

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