Assassin bug at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Coranus sp. (genus) | 2 Dec 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Piestolestes obscurus | 28 Nov 2019 | SWishart | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Nov 2019 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
Assassin or shield bug?
3 comments
jb2602
wrote:
29 Nov 2019
Leg joints don't look right; body length not very long. Are these problems?
KimPullen
wrote:
3 Dec 2019
Yes John: broader in the body than Piestolestes, and the banded legs are distinctive. Head is different too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152043-35.259251
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Oct 2019 06:05 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Insects Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) jb2602
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Coranus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 675.72m Recorded at altitude
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