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Hibiscus harlequin bug
Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue with red or orange..the colours are quite variable.
These true bugs with sucking mouth parts feed on many species of the family Malvaceae, as well as cultivated cotton. They will also chow down on Illawarra flame tree flowers, Grevillea and bottlebrush saplings.
20 mm body length
"Tectocoris diophthalmus" is a brightly coloured convex and rounded shield-shaped bug with a metallic sheen that grows to about 20 mm. Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue and red or orange. The colours are quite variable.
Similar species: True Bugs
By Ruth Spigelman
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Uploaded Aug 2, 2018. Captured Jul 29, 2018 13:28 in 50 Ocean St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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