Reduviidae (family)
An assassin bug at Aranda, ACT
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| Reduviidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 17 Mar 2019 |
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1 comment
8 Feb 2019
I doubt this is an Ectomocoris - the shape of the head and thorax is wrong, and in addition, Ectomocoris are ground-dwellers. But I can't find anything else that matches it. It looks like an immature, and they are hard to identify.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.078487-35.266751
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2018 05:56 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Caleana minor Associated plant
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Reduviidae (family) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Reduviidae (family) Scientific name
- An assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 994m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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