Grain Bug Profile | Pacific Damsel Bug Dorsal, ~8mm | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Rhyparochromidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Grain Bug (Remaudiereana inornata) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Leg Spines🔎 | ||||
Thank you Danilo Lüdke for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~4.5mm long. Note the strong/bulbous front legs, with ventral spines on the thigh. The lack of spines on the fore tibia is diagnostic. The strong legs are surprising, as these would typically be associated with a predator. However these are known as granivores & herbivores; so the strong legs must be associated with a different activity. Perhaps associated with the hard seed shells they feed on (prying open?). | |||||
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