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Tectocoris diophthalmus
Bright electric blue beetle-like bug with six orange spots. 8mm length. Big sucking tube on face. :) (Found sharing the juices of larva with some shield bug)
Eucalyptus
The single orange dot on the nymph seems quite consistent. You're right take due caution about ID's. I would not be surprised to see a sap feeding bug take some opportunistic protein. Fascinating observation.
I have also spotted this one in victoria (adult) http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925960@N0...
I looked at those martin but I wondered about the front double orange spots compared to a single central one on the cotton harlequin bug... and the way it was seemingly sucking larva juice when the CHB is meant to be vegetarian ??
Spotted on Dec 26, 2011
Submitted on Dec 26, 2011
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