Sighting 4634476
Unidentified Acanthosomatid shield bug at Bandiana, VIC
Identification history
| Acanthosomatidae (family) | 7 Jan 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Eurymeloides pulchra | 3 Jan 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unverified | 3 Jan 2025 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
This was my sighting of the day - but at the time I thought it was a beetle or two beetles mating - hence only one shot. But I'm pretty sure its a tiny ball of ants surrounding very tiny nymphs of leafhoppers! Never seen a ball like this before. And never seen leafhoppers on a silver wattle before either.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.920337-36.145848
- Places Bandiana, VIC
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2024 08:28 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Acanthosomatidae (family) Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- silver wattle Associated plant
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Acanthosomatidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Acanthosomatid shield bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1218.1m Recorded at altitude
- 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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