Orange assassin bug at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Gminatus australis | 14 Dec 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Gminatus australis | 13 Dec 2022 | MatthewFrawley |
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
14 Dec 2022
Hi Matthew. In this case the insect is not feeding on nectar or pollen, but "waiting for prey to capture". Could you please edit the sighting to record this?
Location information
- Coordinates 148.870969-35.538430
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2022 12:08 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Insects Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) MatthewFrawley
Additional information
- Ozothamnus thyrsoideus Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Waiting for prey to capture Insect behaviour on flower
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
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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