Empicoris sp. (genus)

1 Thread-legged assassin bug at Melba, ACT

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Identification history

Empicoris sp. (genus)	27 Jan 2021	Bron
Empicoris sp. (genus)	27 Jan 2021	MichaelBedingfield
Empicoris sp.?	26 Jan 2021	Bron
Unidentified	26 Jan 2021	Bron

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This assassin bug is almost invisible. I've (just) seen it 4 times in January this year, 3 times at my blacklight and once in Evatt in a 'shelter' of web. There was a nymph with it. Empicoris sp?

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

27 Jan 2021

See:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:cec3cd2f-34aa-4b2a-8fa5-0e71d5c3250f

Bron wrote:

27 Jan 2021

Hello Michael - that was the source I found in order to suggest Empicoris. Thanks for adding it to the database. Interesting that Katarina found the assassin bug too.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.053111 -35.208934
Places Melba, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
4 Jan 2021 02:19 AM Recorded on
Bron Recorded by
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Insects Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Empicoris sp. (genus) Scientific name
Thread-legged assassin bug Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 613.9m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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