Unidentified plant bug at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Miridae (family) | 19 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lygaeidae (family) | 30 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 19 Oct 2019 | Christine |
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User's notes
Tiny red insect, at first I thought it was a mite - running very fast on tree trunk.
2 comments
clarehoneydove
wrote:
15 Jan 2025
@MichaelMulvaney this is giving me Miridae vibes. Check out the nymph of Ausejanus albisignatus: https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/suborder-heteroptera/infraorder-cimicomorpha/superfamily-miroidea/miridae-plant-bugs/subfamily-phylinae/genus-ausejanus/ausejanus-albisignatus/
Location information
- Coordinates 148.986761-35.748330
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2019 02:25 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Christine NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Miridae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified plant bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2063.3m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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