Long Broad-headed Bug
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Long Broad-headed Bug
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Long Broad-headed Bug (Mutusca brevicornis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Broad-headed Bug (Coreoidea:Alydidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Long Broad-headed Bug (Mutusca brevicornis)
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Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~15mm long, with varying levels of green colours on the body.

Similar Species: Pacific Damsel Bug (Nabis kinbergii)
Brown Senna Bug (Melanacanthus cf scutellaris)
Fury Assassin Bug (Coranus sp)
Green Seed Bug (Lygaeidae sp)
Copyright © 2019-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 28-Jun-2019
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.