Reduviidae (family)

An assassin bug at Narooma, NSW

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Identification history

REDUVIIDAE	1 Sep 2020	KimPullen
REDUVIIDAE	1 Sep 2020	MaxCampbell
Unidentified	1 Sep 2020	JenniferWillcox

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4 comments

JackieMiles wrote:

1 Sep 2020

Hi Jennifer, Is your location accurate? Looks a bit middle-of-nowhere-ish. If your camera or phone has got it wrong, you can move the pointer in the map just by clicking in the right spot.

JenniferWillcox wrote:

1 Sep 2020

Hi Jackie, I'm sorry but the location was a bit of a random guess. I'm just figuring out how to use this platform. For some reason it doesn't read the location. Any Gulaga photos will be from the walking track. I'll try to do better.

MaxCampbell wrote:

1 Sep 2020

Hi Jennifer, This looks like a young assassin bug to me. It has the long curved back rostrum (snout or beaklike projection) and (I think) a distinct neck between the head and pronotum (shoulders).
Try to get a few photo angles where you can to make ID easier.

JackieMiles wrote:

1 Sep 2020

OK, re location, you can change it for this sighting by clicking on edit button (top right), then on the map. Use control button and scroll wheel to zoom in till the track appears, then click in the spot you want to show the record as being. Approximate is fine, but a plausible spot is preferable to up in the head of some insanely steep gully!

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Location information

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
20 Jan 2019 12:32 PM Recorded on
JenniferWillcox Recorded by
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Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) JenniferWillcox South Coast NatureMapr

Species information

Reduviidae (family) Scientific name
An assassin bug Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 915.03m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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