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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.
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- Cottonseed Bug, Coon Bug
 - Oxycarenus luctuosus, family
Oxycarenidae, body
length 5mm
- The Cottonseed Bugs are small in size. Their back is triangular-patterned
in black and white colours. We found them on our hibiscus plants on early
spring. The nymphs are black in colour with blood-red abdomens.
- Reference:
- 1. Terrestrial
Invertebrate Status Review (Brisbane City) - Dr John Stanisic,
Queensland Museum, 2005, page 64.
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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