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Assassin Bug

Family: Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs). Subfamily: Ricola quadrispinosa

Photo by Stephen Wain
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Field Notes

Description:

Stalking, predatory insects which are conspicuously different from the other reduviids by their very slender body form. Assassin bugs are characterised by their flexible neck joint, which makes the small head highly manoeuvrable

Habitat:

Palm fronds, cliffs, spider webbing, or near lights at night

Spotted as it jumped into a spiders web

Species ID Suggestions

Assassin bug

Ricolla quadrispinosa

Comments (3)

Thank you for the help with ID - really appreciated
This is a thread-legged assassin bug, Reduviidae, Emesinae.
I agree that this looks like a species of assassin bug.
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PublishedDecember 22, 2019

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