Seed bug at Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
Identification history
| Rhyparochromidae (family) | 15 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lygaeidae (family) | 27 Jan 2024 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Barbara for the initial sighting of what appears to be some type of ant mimicking Seed Bug. There were two of these ant-sized bugs working away on seed masses that had fallen from foliage above. Additional details of the larger of the two bugs is provided in following sighting 4548267 to help with identification.
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Location information
- Coordinates 153.029817-27.474223
- Altitude 18.5m
- Maps Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
- Places Brisbane City, QLD
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 23 Jan 2024 12:10 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Rhyparochromidae (family) Scientific name
- Seed bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 804m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
