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Sighting 4666359

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

Mictis caja Yesterday DiBickers
Unverified 29 Apr 2025 MazzV

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User's notes

This is a pair of long & large brown bug with orange-tipped brown antennae on a bitter melon vine (Mordica charantia). As with the other specimen at sighting 4666357, they had a propensity for being either belly up under something, e.g. a leaf, or facing downwards on a stem.

2 comments

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

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • bitter melon vine (Mordica charantia) Associated plant
  • a mating pair Associated animal
  • 12mm to 25mm 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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