Gminatus australis

Orange assassin bug at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

	Gminatus australis	22 Feb 2019	MichaelBedingfield
	Gminatus australis	22 Feb 2019	JudithRoach

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MichaelBedingfield 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

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
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Insects Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) JudithRoach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania