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Long Assassin Bug - Australcmena lineativentris 

Family Reduviidae

This page contains pictures and information about Long Assassin Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 25-30mm
 
This assassin bug is long and has slender body. It is brown in colour with find white patterns on body. Its wings and very long legs are dark brown in colour. There are the short spins on it thorax. Its has the typical small and long head with long and curved proboscis. 
 
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We found them once in Karawatha Forest on Acacia leaf during mid summer Jan 2008. There were two bugs, one on top of the other one. They were not mating but we believed they were the engaged couple. This is common in the animal world for those species are rare that mates are hard to find. Once they find each other, even not the suitable time for mating, they just physically engaged and traveling together.  
 
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Reference:
1. Australcmena lineativentris - lifeseen.com, by Nick Monaghan. 

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Last updated: February 21, 2008.