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- This page contains pictures and information about Coon Bugs in Family Oxycarenidae
that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Cottonseed Bug, Coon Bug
 - Oxycarenus luctuosus or A. arctatus,
body
length 5mm
- The Cottonseed Bugs are small in size. Their back is triangular-patterned
in black and white colours. We found them on our hibiscus plants on early
spring. The nymphs are black in colour with blood-red abdomens.
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- Reference:
- 1. Terrestrial
Invertebrate Status Review (Brisbane City) - Dr John Stanisic,
Queensland Museum, 2005, page 64.
- 2. Family OXYCARENIDAE - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2002.
- 3. Plant
bugs, Prime Facts - by Dr Murray Fletcher, 2007, www.dpi.gov.au.
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