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Miridae
Tiny orange and white insect with bent antennae and popping eyes. About 4mm long. Working hard on some new spring flowers.
On pomaderris shrub in a local nature reserve.
Miridae
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Cimicomorpha
Superfamily: Miroidea
Yet to find species http://bie.ala.org.au/image-search/showS...
Spotted on Sep 13, 2014
Submitted on Sep 13, 2014
6 Comments
Not a word. Sometimes with them silence is tacit approval though and after searching through the galleries at museum and CSIRO I am convinced of Miridae. I am going with that. Still hoping for genus.species.
Any news from your experts??
Ahh you've gone Miridae too.. that makes me happier. I'll see if our museum people can help. Thanks!
I am sceptic about Lygaeidae. I am tending to Miridae, but did not find a reasonable match. Phylinae??
Just some wild links for your studies...
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29697818@N...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeunseen...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jean_hort/...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zosterops/...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/69610519@N...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/perth_muse...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70626035@N...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/MIRIDAE#ta...
Take this link and #3 and download the pps presentation (9 MB), very interesting:
http://research.amnh.org/pbi/news/presen...
Tons of links, but no match. I hope I am right with the family and me not putting you in the wrong direction ;-(
Maybe we should not forget these ones:
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Ha ha !! Serves me right for putting things up as fast as I can. Thanks Doc.
I think it is a reddish penguin. There are no Lygidae, but Lygaeidae. Just in case you were lost in the Australian ice desert during looking for penguins ;-)