Cotton harlequin bug at Kilcoy, QLD
Identification history
| Tectocoris diophthalmus | 6 Jan 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Tectocoris diophthalmus | 25 Aug 2023 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 25 Aug 2023 | trevorpreston |
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Photo taken by Teresa Preston
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trevorpreston
wrote:
25 Aug 2023
Pretty sure this is Tectocoris diophthalmus, cotton Harlequin Bug/Hibiscus Harlequin bug
Location information
- Coordinates 152.566121-26.941398
- Places Kilcoy, QLD
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2023 02:09 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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trevorpreston NatureMapr Tectocoris diophthalmus Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- Hibiscus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Tectocoris diophthalmus Scientific name
- Cotton harlequin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 102.59m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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