Largid Bugs - Family Largidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Gutta Bugs in Family
Largidae that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- This is a very small bugs family. Largid bugs are general feeders, sucking juices from a variety of plants. They are either ground-dwelling or associated with the vegetative parts of shrubs and trees. They are moderately-sized to large insects. They are often with warning colours.
- They are closely resemble to family Lygaeidae, can be distinguished by their absent of ocelli. The antennae and labium are 4-segmented. The hemelytral membrane has basal cells with seven or eight distally radiating veins.
- There are four species in Australia. They belong to the genera Delacampius (2 species) and Physopelta (2 species).
Gutta Bug - Physopelta gutta
This page contains pictures and information about Gutta Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 18mm
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- Above pictures taken during early summer 2002 on a red flower gum tree when it was flowering.
- We also found them hiding on a small Acacia tree during mid-summer 2004.
- We found this bug again on Feb 2012. It was on Eugenia Circuit near Simpson Falls. The bug was resting on a leaf. We checked carefully and did not find any nymph or adult on the same plants.
- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p91.
- 2. Physopelta sp. (gutta or australis) - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks.
- 3. Family LARGIDAE - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
