Bee Killer Assassin Bug at Pinnacle NR (PIN)
Identification history
| Pristhesancus plagipennis | 9 Nov 2023 | Csteele4 | ||
| Pristhesancus plagipennis | 9 Nov 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Gminatus australis | 9 Nov 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Gminatus australis | 5 Nov 2023 | AlisonMilton |
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3 comments
Csteele4
wrote:
9 Nov 2023
@AlisonMilton This looks to be the same as my recent sighting at Captains Flat, which I'm fairly confident is Pristhesancus flagipennis. What do you think?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.035116-35.256041
- Altitude 677.3m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2023 09:54 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Collections
Monitoring pollenators - The Pinnacle Insects True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)
Additional information
- Paper daisy Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Waiting for prey to capture Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Pristhesancus plagipennis Scientific name
- Bee Killer Assassin Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1370.01m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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