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Assassin Bug

Reduviidae

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Notes:

Nocturnal hunter using lights in another apartment garden to find moths and other bugs. This looks a lot like Catasphactes coprias or also an instar of the Common Assassin Bug the differences are enough t decide it is a different species. It may be the instar of another species, more research

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Ants Killer Assassin Bug -  Catasphactes coprias

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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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