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Sighting 4666357

Mictis caja

Large Squash Bug at Copmanhurst, NSW

Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
Mictis caja at Copmanhurst, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Mictis caja 14 Jun 2025 DiBickers
Unverified 29 Apr 2025 MazzV

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User's notes

This is a long & large grey-brown bug with orange-tipped brown antennae on a potato plant. It is possibly the same sp. as the pair of bugs at sighting 4666359.

2 comments

KimberiRP wrote:
   13 Jun 2025
Mictis caja, in family Coreidae.
DiBickers wrote:
   14 Jun 2025
Have verified as per ID provided by Kim Pullen😊

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • Potato plant Associated plant
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Mictis caja Scientific name
  • Large Squash Bug Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 96m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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