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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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Discussion

AlisonMilton wrote:
4 Feb 2025
I've had a problem with similar bugs every year on my tomatoes. I've taken to keeping a glass jar inthe veggie garden and collecting any bugs as I find them. I had them pretty much under control up to last year, but this year must have collect at least five dozen since October. Also in Higgins.
Nezara viridula
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
4 Feb 2025
Yeah - more bugs is good for you
Amorbus alternatus
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
4 Feb 2025
Unfortunately they will suck the sap out of your beans
Nezara viridula
WindyHen wrote:
3 Feb 2025
INaturalist suggestion of Melanerythrus mactans doesn’t fit either. There were 2 of them on the flower, but both retreated as I got close. It looks like a nymph.
Coleotichus costatus
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
3 Feb 2025
I think this may be a nymph - habitat not quite right though
Coleotichus costatus

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Euander lacertosus at Freshwater Creek, VIC

Nezara viridula at Higgins, ACT

Amorbus alternatus at Lyons, ACT

Amorbus obscuricornis at Googong, NSW

Amblypelta nitida at Parkes, ACT

Euander lacertosus at Freshwater Creek, VIC

Gminatus australis at Freshwater Creek, VIC

Gminatus australis at Freshwater Creek, VIC

Amblypelta nitida at Parkes, ACT

Platycoris rotundatus at Manton, NSW

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