True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

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True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)

Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)

Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)

Water & Shore Bugs (several families)

Other true bugs

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Curiosity wrote:

17 Dec 2024

An interesting bug, @Span102! I'm not sure about ID either! Your sighting is very similar to G. tasmanicus but I have suggested Amorbus atomarius because of the yellowish tips to the antennae and yellowish feet. I'm not seeing those on examples of G. tasmanicus.

Gelonus tasmanicus

millie wrote:

30 Nov 2024

No problem.

Reduviidae (family)

Aussiegall wrote:

30 Nov 2024

I think this may be an assassin bug. I hope you don't mind, that I used the image editor tool in the bottom right corner of the photo to crop the image so that we get a zoomed-in image of the bug.

Reduviidae (family)

Curiosity wrote:

1 Jun 2024

Thanks very much Aussiegall. That's a species I hadn't come across and, yes, I think you're right. I will suggest that as the ID.
I have found some examples on Atlas of Living Australia. One is similar in colors to this one. Apparently, the name has been changed to Sastragala versicolor and only one confirmed sighting on NM (South Coast).

Sastragala versicolor

Aussiegall wrote:

1 Jun 2024

Could it possibly be Acanthosoma versicolor?

Sastragala versicolor