Sastrapada australica
An assassin bug at Charleys Forest, NSW
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| Sastrapada australica | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | arjay | 27 Nov 2024 |
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Pretty cool. consuming a cabbage white butterfly larva when first seen.
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Location information
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- arjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sastrapada australica Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Sastrapada australica Scientific name
- An assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 682.2m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location