Assassin Bug Instar, proboscis | Assassin Bug Dorsal, ~13mm | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | Assassin Bug (Cimicomorpha, Reduviidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Assassin Bug (Oncocephalus sp ES01) | ||||
This Photo: | Instar, ventral | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Adult ~15mm long. Interesting bugs Assassins (Reduviidae), one of the few predatory/carnivorous true bugs (order Hemiptera). Most are vegetarian. One easy diagnostic difference over the similiar Alydidae family are the large front legs as can be seen here; used to hold it's prey. Not all assassins have them, but no Alydidae's do. A more guaranteed diagnostic, but harder to see, is that Assassin's have a curved rostrum / proboscis | |||||
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