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Identification history

Pristhesancus plagipennis	18 Nov 2020	michaelb
Reduviidae sp. (family)	18 Nov 2020	michaelb
Unidentified	17 Nov 2020	CaitlinW

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Possible assassin bug? Just chilling on the window of the holiday house I’m staying at.

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michaelb wrote:

18 Nov 2020

We are based in Canberra. Perhaps you could do a bit of internet surfing to ID this one to genus or species?

CaitlinW wrote:

18 Nov 2020

I’m also based in Canberra and have almost no etymological knowledge — a friend with more has suggested pristhesancus plagipennis but she wasn’t confident of it based on my photo alone.

michaelb wrote:

18 Nov 2020

From what I can find on ALA, Pristhesancus plagipennis is the most common of the Pristhesancus genus. See:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e25f9b37-5501-4494-a1f7-a55dd22f01ee#classification. Also:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568. Gallery:- https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:1aa7543e-6e61-4b3c-a244-7de1356c9568#gallery The photo by geoffbyrne looks very close except for the colouring.

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1 Abundance
16 Nov 2020 03:06 PM Recorded on
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