What type of Hopf bifurcation takes place here?

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Consider the system:

$\dot{x} = \mu x-y-xy^2-x^3$

$\dot{y} = x+\mu y - x^2y-y^3$

I have shown that a Hopf bifurcaiton takes place at the origin $(0,0)$ as a stable spiral becomes an unstable spiral as $\mu$ passes through $0$. However I am not sure how to classify its type.

I have converted the system into polar coordinates and found $\dot{r} = \mu r -r^3\cos^4\theta-r^3\sin^4\theta$.

If $\theta = \pi/4$ then the system has a stable limit cycle, but this is the minimum $r$ can grow.

I dont think this classifies it as a super critical bifurcation through...