Orange assassin bug at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identification history
| Gminatus australis | 5 Mar 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 4 Mar 2023 | arjay |
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Note that one of the bugs in these photos appears to have a caterpillar attached to it.
7 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
5 Mar 2023
It is the female feeding on the caterpillar, probably a gift from the male.
arjay
wrote:
5 Mar 2023
Cool. We reckon he could have given her a bigger one. But then it might have got in the way.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
5 Mar 2023
Have a look at this example I posted:- Gminatus australis (Orange assassin bug)
arjay
wrote:
5 Mar 2023
Actually lots of invertebrates do including sweet little jumping bullants. I have a neighbour who calls them butterfly bush although I reckon that quite nice flies are in more abundance.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
5 Mar 2023
Yes, Bursaria spinsoa has is quite valuable to the local habitat.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
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Insects Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Bursaria spinosa Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Breeding behaviour Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect 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
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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