An assassin bug at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Reduviidae (family) | 14 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Reduviidae (family) | 15 Jan 2025 | RogerF | ||
| Teleogryllus commodus | 11 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 10 Apr 2023 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
They were very quick, jumped just like grasshoppers but....
2 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
10 Apr 2023
In the first two images, the upper one is a cricket and the lower one an Assassin bug.
RogerF
wrote:
11 Apr 2023
I don't believe the top cricket in the main picture is Teleogryllus as it is brachypterus but the one in the lower right picture is Tc.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.992050-35.745483
- Altitude 994.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Apr 2023 12:05 PM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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KMcCue NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Reduviidae (family) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Reduviidae (family) Scientific name
- An assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 994m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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