Orange assassin bug at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Gminatus australis | 22 Feb 2019 | michaelb | ||
| Gminatus australis | 22 Feb 2019 | JudithRoach |
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2 comments
michaelb
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
The colour is unusually dark, but matches Tasmanian specimens:
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasheteroptera/suborder-heteroptera/reduviidae-assassin-bugs/gminatus-australis
https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasheteroptera/suborder-heteroptera/reduviidae-assassin-bugs/gminatus-australis
JudithRoach
wrote:
22 Feb 2019
The light wasn't great, which might have made it look a little duller too. In person it was pretty bright, and definitely loitering with intent on that daisy :-)
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.765152-35.491472
- Altitude 1520.7m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2019 05:17 PM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Gminatus australis Scientific name
- Orange assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1520.7m Recorded at altitude
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