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- Lantana Lace Bug
 - Teleonemia scrupulosa, family Tingidae, body length 5mm
- This bug was introduced into Australia to control the Lantana weeds.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 494.
- 2. Teleonemia
scrupulosa - lantana biocontrol, by Alan Fletcher Research Station,
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland, 2003.
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- Toad Bug
 - Nerthra alaticollis, family Gelastocoridae, body
length 10mm
- We found this bug when we taking dragonfly
photos in Karawatha Forest at the edge of a lagoon Feb 2008. The bug
was just coming up from the muddy water and walking onshore. The bug has the
widen femur of front legs which make it a good swimmer. Toad bugs are
predacious. They hop but cannot fly.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 488.
- 2. True Bugs - family Gelastocoridae -
(? Mononyx femoralis) lifeunseen.com, Insects and Spiders of Sunshine
Coast, by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. Gelastocoridae
- Australian Freshwater Invertebrates, Murray Darling Freshwater Research
Centre, 2008
- 4. THE GELASTOCORIDAE OF AUSTRALIA (Hemiptera) - By E. L. Todd, 1960
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- Water Strider
 - Limnogonus luctuosus, family Gerridae, body length 12mm
- Bugs in this family are long legs and skate rapidly on water surface. They
are predators of other insects. They are common on slow-flowing creeks and
small ponds. The adults of this species have two forms, fully winged and wingless.
More pictures and information can be found in this page.
Bugs not identified yet
- We found quite a number of bugs that we cannot identify, not even to family
level. Please advise if you
recognize any of them.
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