Rutherglen Bug
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Ellura
Rutherglen Bug
Mating
 
                      
Rutherglen Bug (Nysius vinitor)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Lygaeidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Rutherglen Bug (Nysius vinitor)
This Photo:     Antenna

Thank you Dr Marina Cheng for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
It's important to clarify that Marina comfirmed our identification on the 1st photo only. She hasn't seen the others, which we have extrapolated ourselves. As always, id of invert's by photo is always suspect but is the only tool we have. Any photographic site like ours can only be considered a guide. But if you only have photo's too, then matching to ours here is a reasonable guess. Our site is a good start for locals to then begin your research to confirm elsewhere.

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 24-Jun-2011
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.