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Family Lygaeidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Wild Tobacco Stalk-eyed Bugs that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 6mm
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- This small bug runs fast when disturbed. It is black with orange-red
background colour. As the common name suggested, the eyes carried on distinct
stalks.
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- These bugs were alway found on Wild
Tobacco Solanum mauritianum. They are common in Brisbane
bushlands.
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 - Nymph
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- The nymph was found together with the adults
above.
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- Reference:
- 1. Terrestrial
Invertebrate Status Review (Brisbane City) - Dr John Stanisic,
Queensland Museum, 2005, page 61, 64.
- 2. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) - Slater, A., University of Kansas science bulletin, v. 52(8,i.e.9) p. 301-481, 1985.
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