Fruit-spotting Bug - Amblypelta lutescens or A. nitida
Family Coreidae
This page contains pictures and information about Fruit-spotting Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- The bug has pale green body and legs. Its thorax and front wing covers are pale-brown in colour. Its legs and antenna are brown in colour with a bright yellow segments near the tips. As their name imply, they are the pest of fruit farming.
- We only saw those bugs a few times from late summer to early winter. We found them on Hibiscus plants and other plants.
- 2nd or 3rd instars, body length 8mm
- We find this small bug nymph waving its very large pair of antenna on the Hibiscus Plant in our backyard during late summer.
- 4th and 5th instars, body length 12mm, 15mm
- The last instars looks similar to the adult bugs except their wings are not fully developed. We found a number on them, nymphs and adults, on the same plant early winter. When disturbed they hide on the other side of the leaf.
- 5th instars, body length 15mm
- Reference:
- 1. Coreidae:
Amblypelta lutescens Distant - banana spotting bug
- ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture, 2006.
2. Plant Bugs - Dr Murray Fletcher, PRIMEFACT 508, NSW DPI, May 2007.
