Cotton harlequin bug at Everton Hills, QLD
Identification history
| Tectocoris diophthalmus | 8 Mar 2025 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Scutelleridae (family) | 8 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Dec 2023 | jmhatley |
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User's notes
Per the photo the beetles were clustered together on a single leaf, there were others on the plant but as singles.
4 comments
DiBickers
wrote:
8 Mar 2025
@jmhatley these are the nymphs/juveniles of the Hibiscus Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus). I can’t find the in the drop-down list of taxon categories. I’ll have a go at setting it up & will get someone more experienced with NatureMapr systems to ensure I’ve done it correctly😊
DiBickers
wrote:
8 Mar 2025
@MichaelMulvaney, I chickened-out🙃I went to setup Hibiscus Harlequin Bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus) as a taxon category because I can’t find it under Local Species or Global Species but then it came up with a warning that it may already be there so I don’t want to bugger anything up😏Hoping you can help me again please💚
Location information
- Places Everton Hills, QLD
Sighting information
- 5 Abundance
- jmhatley Recorded by
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jmhatley NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- Native Hibiscus Associated plant
- No all five beetles clustered on a single leaf. Associated Insect
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Tectocoris diophthalmus Scientific name
- Cotton harlequin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 90m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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