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	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)
	Copyright © 2019-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 16-Sep-2019
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.