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The following is a list of 32 species that are members of the group of insects known as True bugs** that have been observed on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve. It includes both those positively identified to the exact species as well as those incompletely identified.

All species listed are native to the area.

	Common name	Scientific name	hover over image to see name click to enlarge
Scale insects & mealybugs
	A gall forming scale	Apiomorpha sp.
	Unidentified coccid scale insect	Coccidae sp.
	Wattle Tick Scale	Cryptes baccatus
	Gumtree Scale	Eriococcus coriaceus
	Acacia mealy bug	Icerya acaciae
	Giant Snowball Mealybug	Monophlebulus sp.
Other True Bugs
	Unidentified Tip bug	Amorbus sp. (genus)
	Orange Assassin bug	Gminatus australis
	Unidentified Plant bug	Miridae sp. (family)
	Green stink bug	Ocirrhoe unimaculata
	Spined predatory shield bug	Oechalia schellenbergii
	Acacia-spotting bug	Rayieria acaciae
	Water Strider	Tenagogerris euphrosyne
	Gum tree shield bug	Theseus modestus

footnote
** True bugs belong to the insect Order Hemiptera and are insects that have a long slender beak shaped mouth part that looks like a straw. They use this beak to poke through plants and occasionally animal skin and suck out sap or blood. Most true bugs also have their front pair of wings partially hardened and only the tips clear, it looks like they have half a wing.

For more photos of True bugs from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow these links to
the Canberra Nature Map: