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Brown bean bug

Melanacanthus scutellaris

Description:

About 25mm long.

Habitat:

Exploring a car at a national park at night for brown beans.

Notes:

Phylum: ARTHROPODA
Class: HEXAPODA
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Alydidae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_13...

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2 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

I liked the curves in the legs and antennae... sort of makes a bent 'X' pic.

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Big fella

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 1, 2014
Submitted on Apr 1, 2014

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