Largid Bugs - Family Largidae

This is a very small bugs family. Largid bugs are general feeders, sucking juices from a variety of plants. They are close to family Lygaeidae.

We found only one species in this family.

Gutta Bugs, Seed Bugs - Physopelta gutta

This page contains pictures and information about Gutta Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. 

Body length 18mm 

 

 

Above pictures taken during early summer on a red flower gum tree when the tree was flowering.

 

 

 

We also found them hiding on a small Acacia tree during mid-summer. 

 

 

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Last updated: December 22, 2004.