Orange assassin bug at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Gminatus australis | 22 Dec 2016 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Gminatus australis | 21 Dec 2016 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 21 Dec 2016 | ibaird |
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User's notes
Single individual observed on a flowering Bursaria sipinosa (garden plant)
4 comments
ibaird
wrote:
22 Dec 2016
OK. My specimen definitely looks orange, but the other posted examples on CNM seem quite red to me.
RogerF
wrote:
22 Dec 2016
Orange is probably a misnomer, most local specimens are reddish, but lighting and use of flash often alter the coloration in the final image plus there is individual variability. This is why scientific names based on a detailed taxonomic study are better than common name inventions..
ibaird
wrote:
23 Dec 2016
Thanks Roger, agreed. But definitely no flash used, The orange colour on my screen is true to what I recall seeing in the field. And my screen has been re-set to a standard colour chart using a spectrophotometer!
RogerF
wrote:
23 Dec 2016
I've looked at your specimen more closely and enlarged it and it appears to be a nymph which may account for the orange compared to the more reddish adults.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.113142-35.259467
- Altitude 598.3m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2016 05:09 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Gminatus australis Scientific name
- Orange assassin bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1520.7m Recorded at altitude
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