Leistarches serripes

Mantis assassin bug at Acton, ACT

Leistarches serripes at Acton, ACT - 10 Mar 2019
Leistarches serripes at Acton, ACT - 10 Mar 2019
Leistarches serripes at Acton, ACT - 10 Mar 2019
Leistarches serripes at Acton, ACT - 10 Mar 2019
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Leistarches serripes 16 Mar 2019 KimPullen
Unidentified 14 Mar 2019 jb2602

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OK Kim, what's going on here?

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KimPullen wrote:
   17 Mar 2019
This is an assassin bug of the subfamily Emesinae - they have mantis-like raptorial front legs. It looks the same as that pictured at http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/123994.
michaelb wrote:
   17 Mar 2019
A great photo from ALA:
https://images.ala.org.au/image/viewer?imageId=ea300234-8416-493a-bc5e-e132fda8ab1e
jb2602 wrote:
   18 Mar 2019
Extraordinary, the best I could come with was that the antennae were the front legs and it was eating something.

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