Illustration of Bronze orange bug
Illustration by EH Zeck.
This is an illustration of Bronze orange bug Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål) (Hemiptera:Tessaratomidae)
Order reference: bronze-orange-bug
A common insect on backyard lemon trees, the name acknowledges the colours of the adult, which is bronze, and the nymphs, which are orange or green. As with the green vegetable bug, Zeck has illustrated all colour forms in the transition from egg to adult with a background showing the insects on their host plant. The one feature that Zeck has been unable to represent in his painting is the foul odour emitted by this insect when disturbed.
You are permitted to copy these images for personal or educational use provided the copyright notice and name of the artist is retained. Any other uses of these images must be approved by the Curator of the collection in which these illustrations are archived. High resolutions scans of the images may be available on payment of a prescribed fee. Send details of your intended use to the Curator of Collections at ascu@dpi.nsw.gov.au.