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Identification history
| Amblypelta nitida | 3 Jan 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Reduviidae (family) | 3 Jan 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Jan 2025 | Ct1000 |
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This was very small and on my leg
4 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
3 Jan 2025
stunning shot. Bug nymph. I can't find one with antennae like that - almost bigger than the rest of it!
Ct1000
wrote:
3 Jan 2025
I have yet to see any photos of assassin bugs or the fruit spotting bugs that have those bulbous ends or quite so thick an attachment point to those antennae... Certainly will be interested to hear what the expert consensus is!
WendyEM
wrote:
3 Jan 2025
I guessed assassin bug based on the shape of your bug, but I was wrong. I think thickened/flattened antennae segment only shows up in photos taken on a certain angle
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/plants/insects/horticultural/fruit-spotting-bug
" .... A distinctive feature of the nymphs of both fruit-spotting species is the second last segment of the antenna, which is black and conspicuously flattened...."
see also https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_coreidbugs/GreenCoonBugs.htm
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/plants/insects/horticultural/fruit-spotting-bug
" .... A distinctive feature of the nymphs of both fruit-spotting species is the second last segment of the antenna, which is black and conspicuously flattened...."
see also https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_coreidbugs/GreenCoonBugs.htm
Ct1000
wrote:
3 Jan 2025
You may well be right! When I was looking at it yesterday it really seemed to stand out to me as having that thickened section and I thought it was the same in all the photos I took (with my phone) so only uploaded the clearest one.. But I do seem to have another angle and have just uploaded that.
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Ct1000 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other true bugs True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
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- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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