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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Seed Bug (Lygaeoidea, Lygaeidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Peaceful Seed Bug (Spilostethus pacificus)
	This Photo:	🔍Face🔎
	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 ~11mm long. A very orange and black bug which is covered in short, fine hairs. Similar Species: Horehound Bug (Agonoscelis rutila) : Red-banded Seed-eating Bug (Melanerythrus mactans) : Red Eyes Bug (Leptocoris mitellatus)
	Copyright © 2022-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 30-Nov-2022
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.