6 Common Assassin Bug, Bee Killer Assassin Bug at Doonan, QLD
Identification history
| Pristhesancus plagipennis | 30 Jun 2025 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Reduviidae (family) | 29 Jun 2025 | HelenCross | ||
| Unverified | 28 Jun 2025 | AaronClausen |
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MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
1 Jul 2025
"Iād say first instar (meaning that they have just hatched and in their first stage of development). The brownish structure nearby is the egg batch that their mother laid, and which they hatched out of. They generally hang out together when young but become solitary as they mature," From ... https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-stunned-strange-backyard-find-insect-assassin-bug-061805254.html
Location information
- Coordinates 152.985782-26.456412
- Altitude 143.0m
- Places Doonan, QLD
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 28 Jun 2025 12:44 PM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
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AaronClausen NatureMapr Featured Pristhesancus plagipennis Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Insects
Species information
- Pristhesancus plagipennis Scientific name
- Common Assassin Bug, Bee Killer Assassin Bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1370.01m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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