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Caledonia Seed Bug

Nysius caledoniae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kclama, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 2, February 2, March 5, April 1, May 2, June 0, July 1, August 1, September 8, October 17, November 11, December 3.
Australia53
New South Wales22
New Zealand12
Queensland10
Victoria9
Auckland Region9
Tasmania8
Australian Capital Territory2
South Australia1
Western Australia1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilySeed Bugs · Lygaeidae
GenusFalse chinch bugs · Nysius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Caledonia Seed Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.