Anyone else care to look?
Roz, do you know what the bugs are on the banksia?
Looks like what you got there are a pair of Dindymus ventralis AKA The Harlequin Bug.
Coloration for the species varies from yellow to red it seems, but I think that's a positive ID (though I'm admittedly not from the area...the Rocky Mountains are more my stomping ground). That's a pretty wild looking plant they're sitting on as well.
I really like the textures and clarity in the bee photo too.
Looks like what you got there are a pair of Dindymus ventralis AKA The Harlequin Bug.
Coloration for the species varies from yellow to red it seems, but I think that's a positive ID
Thanks. I guess you're right. So, I wonder if they are native to Australia, if they're alos in the Rocky Mountains.
Looks like what you got there are a pair of Dindymus ventralis AKA The Harlequin Bug.
Coloration for the species varies from yellow to red it seems, but I think that's a positive ID
Thanks. I guess you're right. So, I wonder if they are native to Australia, if they're alos in the Rocky Mountains.
Oh, I looked into it a bit. I just pointed that out because the picture wasn't terribly close up on them so features were hard to pin down definitively, and, having never seen one myself in person, I could be wrong. The species doesn't range here, but I knew what order to start at and a couple families to look into for a solution, so I had a good starting point. I just have personal experience with insects here, so it's a lot easier to say "oh I've seen that it's a ____" instead of having to pose educated guesses.
