Gminatus australis
Orange assassin bug at O'Connor, ACT
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| Gminatus australis | MichaelBedingfield | 22 Dec 2016 | |
| Gminatus australis | RogerF | 21 Dec 2016 | |
| Unverified | ibaird | 21 Dec 2016 |
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Single individual observed on a flowering Bursaria sipinosa (garden plant)
4 comments
22 Dec 2016
OK. My specimen definitely looks orange, but the other posted examples on CNM seem quite red to me.
22 Dec 2016
Orange is probably a misnomer, most local specimens are reddish, but lighting and use of flash often alter the coloration in the final image plus there is individual variability. This is why scientific names based on a detailed taxonomic study are better than common name inventions..
23 Dec 2016
Thanks Roger, agreed. But definitely no flash used, The orange colour on my screen is true to what I recall seeing in the field. And my screen has been re-set to a standard colour chart using a spectrophotometer!
23 Dec 2016
I've looked at your specimen more closely and enlarged it and it appears to be a nymph which may account for the orange compared to the more reddish adults.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113142-35.259467
- Altitude 598.3m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2016 05:09 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gminatus australis Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Gminatus australis Scientific name
- Orange assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1520.7m Recorded at altitude
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