Stenolemus sp. (genus)
1 Thread-legged assassin bug at Charleys Forest, NSW
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| Stenolemus sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 14 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | arjay | 5 Dec 2024 |
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I think this is an assassin bug. It was wandering around on a spiders web and appeared to be getting stuck into the spider's dinner. And no it wasn't getting caught on the web at all. Unlike the beetle that it appeared to be consuming.
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14 Dec 2024
This assassin bug will pluck the web of a spider in a manner of weak small prey, when the spider comes to investigate the assassin moves into position and strikes the spider on its back - the spiders prey is an added bonus
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 Stenolemus sp. (genus) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Stenolemus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Thread-legged assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 638.3m Recorded at altitude
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