A tick can be as tiny as a pin head when they need to eat, to as large as marble when they have finished feasting on their host. Part of the arachnid family, they can vary in color from brown to red to black, and their size depends on how much they have gorged themselves on their host’s blood. Ticks are tiny bugs with eight legs that look similar to a spider with shorter legs and a rounder body. Humans are warm, safe hosts for a variety of creatures that can burrow into your skin. If you have any idea, let me know.There is no place like home, and for some insects, that home is you. The bug is probably a member of the Lygaeidae family, but I have no idea what genus or species it is. Nymphs are orange red with black head and thorax. These bugs are orange-red with black wings, black legs and black antennae. They have two compound eyes and two simple eyes (ocelli). The Lygaeidae family has a large number of species. Click to continue>įAMILY : Seed Bugs, Milkweed Bugs, Chinch Bugs Young adults are yellow to pale-green, developing a pattern of brown spots as they age.
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Click to continue>īrown Soft Scale is fairly flat with an oval body with a series of faint ridges across the body. The males have two forms - sedentary males are long and flat with ribbed texture and are white winged males are slightly smaller and orange-red with a spine protruding from the rear. Click to continue>įAMILY : Scale Insects, Soft Scales, Wax Scales They move around plant stems feeding on sap. Under the waxy coating the body is orange and blue. Click to continue>įemale mealybugs are wingless, resembling a grub covered in white waxy substance like hair. I'm not sure what species this is - it could be Cottony Cushion Scale. They are found on various species of plants and can be a pest. The wings are transparent with yellow veins. Adult psyllids are pale yellow or white with grey or black markings. The Melaleuca psyllid is a sap sucking bug. This page shows different species of Leafhopper larvae. Small Leafhoppers that were photographed at night near house light. They are attracted to house lights in large numbers on warm summer nights, and many of them can com inside the house where they come to rest on. These Leafhoppers are so tiny that they can come through the mesh of the fly screen of windows. It is emerald green with dark greenish-black markings. This small Leafhopper was found around the house lights at night. This bright green species was seen around house lights at night. Like other species of the Cicadllidae family it has strongly spiked rear legs. Click to continue>įlat-head Leafhopper have flattened triangular-shaped head. Although they are called Lantern Flies, they do not emit any light. This strange looking Lantern Fly has a large protrusion from the head resembling a snout, and large bulbous eyes. The body has short spiky hairs around the perimeter. The Sycamore Lace Bug is a North American pest of plane trees (Sycamore trees) that has been introduced into Australia. It has a horned head like a pointy helmet. It has a shiny body this glistens in the sunlight. Not sure what species of Treehopper this is. The wings have a veined pattern a paler green spots between the vein intersections. The wings are held over the body like a roof. The Common Green Planthopper is a bright green triangular-shaped bug with reddish eyes. acuminata or a different species? One of the photos shows two planthoppers of different size and colour. This planthopper is white with pale pink margin round the wings, pink legs and faint pink dot in the centre of the wing. They are found on a range of plants, and are a pest in the mango industry. They have a triangular shape with a right angled corner. The Mango Planthopper is creamy white with a small pink spot on centre of each wing. It has "syringe-shaped" antennae Click to continue> This Delphacid planthopper looks like a tiny fly. Nymphs are small and wingless but look similar to adults.
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Damsel bugs use their piercing and sucking "beak" (called a rostrum) to feed on soft bodied insects. The antennae have four segments and beak (rostrum) also. The legs are relatively long and the front pair is enlarged to capture prey. Click to continue>ĭamsel Bugs resemble small Assassin Bugs, but have a much slimmer body shape. In recent years there have been an alarming increase in infestations in many countries including Australia. Click to continue>īed bugs used to be a common public health pest around the world, but infestations declined in the twentieth century. Nymphs are black with orange abdomens when they first emerge from the. Adult bugs are brown in colour with transparent wings. The Assassin Bug is a medium to large sized bug with a large curved mouth part for piercing and sucking.