Backyard Zoology · 25 April 2018
2018-04-25T13:01:58+10:00
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Found this unfortunately named Horehound Bug the other day. 

(Yes, I realise it's named after a plant it regularly feeds on. No, I'm not a teenage boy. Yes, I still think Horehound is a hilarious name 😂)

These guys are sap suckers (I swear this stuff writes itself sometimes 😂) and obviously find the Horehound weed totally delicious but also will feed on other plants. Interestingly, the weed is such a pest that a biological control program was introduced in 1990 and the Horehound Clearwing Moth and the Horehound Plume Moth were both released as part of this as the Horehound Bug itself does not provide suitable control. 

Horehound Bug
Wollongong Botanic Garden

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