Cactus Bearing Seed Bug
S2, profile, stacked
Cactus Bearing Seed Bug
S5, Antennae
| Cactus Bearing Seed Bug S2, profile, stacked | | Cactus Bearing Seed Bug S5, Antennae | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
| Family: | Jumping Tree Bug (Cimicomorpha, Miridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Cactus Bearing Seed Bug (Cysteorrhacha cactifera) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S5, profile🔎 | ||||
Thank you Danilo Lüdke for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line 1st Record on Atlas & iNat ~4.5 to ~5mm long Looking at the dorsal view, you wouldn't expect this to be anything other than fairly normal bug. But the profile view shows a "scutellal lobe" with spines emminating from it. This isn't a singular abnormallity, we found 9 all with the same shape. As it turns out, it's a diagnostic feature and is featured in it's name - the cactus refers to the spiney protruberance on it's scutellum. | |||||
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