Crusader Bug (Mictis profana)

Alice Springs Desert Park

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From the family Coreidae and one of the leaf-footed bugs, is this species known as the Crusader Bug (Mictis profana). Other common names include Citrus Crusader Bug and Holy Cross Bug.

This species Mictis profana, belongs to the group of insects known as “true bugs” and is identified by the pale yellow cross on the hemelytra.

Mictis profana feed on a range of plants, such as wattles, eucalypts, citrus and garden plants. It is pictured here on the flowering plant Parrot Pea (Crotalaria cunninghamii) in the Alice Springs Desert Park.

They have a life span of about 3.5 months, with their life cycle from egg to adult completed in approximately 38 days.

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Informal: Pterygotes
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Coreidae
Subfamily: Coreinae
Tribe: Mictini
Genus: Mictis
Species: Mictis profana

Footnote & References

Mictis profana (Fabricius, 1803), Crusader Bug, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/de272308-a7fb-46cf-bcfd-1bc245862c9b
Crusader Bug Mictis profana), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/416188-Mictis-profana

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