Aradellus cygnalis
An assassin bug at Dunlop, ACT
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| Aradellus cygnalis | Bron | 11 Apr 2020 | |
| Aradellus cygnalis | Bron | 18 Mar 2020 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 9 Dec 2019 |
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12 comments
10 Dec 2019
Thanks Stuart, I'd say that sounds right. It was a day with lots of beetles out and about though :)
11 Apr 2020
I suppose it's the software re-write Christine, I'll let Aaron know. I'm not sure how to find out the number of any given sighting - it's not obvious - do you know?
11 Apr 2020
Yes, this is in the URL, and the last number is the number of the sighting: "https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Sightings/4244490"
Thanks heaps, Christine.
Thanks heaps, Christine.
11 Apr 2020
Good find, not often seen. Was it under bark or wandering around. Related to the very plumose Ptilocnemis, feather-legged bugs in the Holoptilinae . Ant feeders. (I don't get to see other insects other than grasshoppers now)
11 Apr 2020
They are fairly unusual Roger I've found them three times, all in Belconnen, in 2015/16. Always under bark. I'll put the sightings up after the site renovation is done. BTW I'd like to say how often I refer to your wonderful book :). The concept is very clever and helpful during my wanderings.
11 Apr 2020
Hi Roger, it was on the tree trunk where there was loose bark, but it was in the open when I saw and photographed it. I tried just now to add the photo not so cropped, for context, but the system would not let me edit the sighting (only replace or delete, so I just closed my session).
13 Apr 2020
ALA has it in Reduviidae, so I've moved it out of grasshoppers into Assassin bugs (Reduviidae).
I won't bother to ask how it got into grasshoppers.
I won't bother to ask how it got into grasshoppers.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.017567-35.189024
- Maps West Belconnen Pond
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Dec 2019 12:24 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Aradellus cygnalis Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Aradellus cygnalis Scientific name
- An assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 624.73m Recorded at altitude
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