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Lantana Lace Bug
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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.
 
 

 
Toad Bug
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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
 
 

 
Water Strider
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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.
 
 

 
Ant-mimicking Seed Bug
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Daerlac nigricans, family Rhyparochromidae, body length 10mm 
Yes, this is a true bug. Its body colour and behaviour is mimicking the black ant. It was found wandering on a large gum tree trunk, where a lot of black ants is running around. It did not have the waist, which is the characteristic of all ants, but its body colour pattern mimics just exactly this. From our reference books, ant-mimic bug could be lygaeids, alydids or mirids. From its head and antenna it looks like a lygaeids so we put it in this family.
 

 
Cottonseed Bug, Coon Bug
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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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? sp., body length 10mm, family Largidae or Pyrrhocoridae
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Unknown Seed Bug
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? sp., body length 15mm, family Lygaeidae ?
Pictures taken on early summer Nov 2007 near Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank. 
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Last updated: April 03, 2008.