Pnirsus cinctipes

4 Leg-banded assassin bug at Kambah, ACT

Pnirsus cinctipes at Kambah, ACT - 6 Dec 2009
Pnirsus cinctipes at Kambah, ACT - 6 Dec 2009
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Identification history

Pnirsus cinctipes 9 Jul 2017 KimPullen
Pnirsus cinctipes 9 Jul 2017 KimPullen
Reduviidae (family) 9 Jul 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 4 Feb 2017 HarveyPerkins

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Significant sighting

10 Jul 2017

This is a distinctive looking species, with its black yellow banded legs but there are no other ACT records within the Atlas of Living Australia. The nearest records are Albury and Sydney.

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   9 Feb 2017
The large curved proboscis suggest this is an assassin bug, but I don't know which one

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 6 Dec 2009 06:24 PM Recorded on
  • HarveyPerkins Recorded by

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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