Jun 15, 2020
Residents of an inner-city Sydney suburb have been faced with a foul smell one man initially attributed to drunken strangers urinating on his car.
Lyramorpha sp. Tessaratomid bugs infest an inner city suburb
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Residents of an inner-city Sydney suburb have been faced with a foul smell one man initially attributed to drunken strangers urinating on his car.
Lyramorpha sp. Tessaratomid bugs infest an inner city suburb
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Photo by Vali Audet, on a Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides), on the Central NSW Coast.
Photo by Grant Webster at Fingal Bay, NSW.
Despite the common name, Lyramorpha bugs are rare visitors to Lychee and Longan Trees, and never in sufficient numbers to be a problem. They will feed on the sap of a wide range of other plants, including suburban roadside trees, which can be a problem given their pungent chemical defences.
Like the related Bronze Orange Bug, this Tessaratomid starts off very flat and colourful (bright red, or bright orange, with electric blue trim, depending on species), and matures into an adult with a tiny, tiny head. Females will gaurd their young for at least the first two instars.