Red-banded Seed-eating Bug Dorsal | Red-banded Seed-eating Bug Ventral | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Lygaeidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Red-banded Seed-eating Bug (Melanerythrus mactans) | ||||
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Thank you Stephen Fricker, Anthony Paul, Fabien Piednoir & Lila (FairyPossum) for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere ~8mm long. This specimen seems to have an extra ocellus. We assume this is an aberant mole of sorts, as the ocelli are just above the compound eyes. Similar Species: Peaceful Seed Bug (Spilostethus pacificus) | |||||
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