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Family Miridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Red-spotted Mirid Bugs that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 10mm
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- The bug is
colourful with red spots on dark green. The head is red, all legs and
antenna are also dark green to black. The bug is robust, heavily punctate
and densely setose.
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- Pictures were taken near Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank Nov 2007. The bug was
colourful black and red.
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- This Mirid Bug is predator of larvae of other small
insects.
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- Reference:
- 1. True Bugs, family Miridae - lifeunseen.com by Nick Monaghan,
2008.
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 491, fig.30.59E.
- 3. Species
Trilaccus nigroruber Horváth, 1902 - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
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