anyone id this ???
there are hundreds on the lemon tree but none anywhere else ??
its about 40mm long

It the Lemon Tree Sunbathing Bug He's very cute

looks like a Xmas Beetle

No idea what it is but its one ugly MF

They like white stuff though Why would they be on the lemon tree and nothing else. The bum doesn't look like the Christmas one to me but then I haven't studied them in great depth

According to my book its a Bronze Orange Bug.

Its says:
Sucks sap from shoots of citrus plants, has become pest of cultivated citrus. Adults and nymphs have corrosive secretion, able to quirt considerable distance

I'd be getting some chemicals

BUM?

Are you telling me theres a friggin bug called the LEMON SUNBATHING BUG?

I reckon it's an adult Spined Citrus Bug ...they do change colour (including orange) on their way to adulthood

Hi Stevo, it's called a SULCIVENTRIS.They are slow moving, usually stay at the same spot for a few days. In early summer, Bronze Orange Bugs can be found in a large number on Citrus plants (oranges, lemons and limes etc.), usually with adults and nymphs. They suck sap from young shoots of of the plants. As the nymphs grow larger, they become orange-red in colour. Their body colours change from camouflage colour to warning colour. Bronze Orange Bugs are found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


The Bronze Orange Bugs produce stink secretion. Keep your distance Stevo as they have astrong stinky smell and leave brown marking on your clothes . If they mark your skin. It will take afew washes to remove the smell and I'm afraid the brown markings stay on my skin for at least a week.

Hope this helps

Joanne

Yes mate

thanks for the replies
a trip to bunnings is planned for the morrow
and extermination will follow

bull

It's a bull

I'd love to see the state of the lemon tree after its had a bull sitting on it!

Get some petrol and set the plant alight.
Buggers won't like that.