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Red Ground Assassin Bug - Ectomocoris or Peirates sp.

Family Reduviidae

This page contains pictures and information about Red Ground Assassin Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 20mm
 
This ground assassin bug has the red head and thorax. Its abdomen is steel-blue in colours with two cream white spots on top. All its legs are red, antenna are orange in colour. 
 
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This Red Ground Assassin Bug was found on Nov 2007 in Karawatha Forest. It was hiding under the bark of a burnt Paper Bark Tree trunk. 
 
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The bug was slow moving. Not running fast as other Ground Assassin Bug. It was found on tree trunk and not on the ground.
 
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Last updated: February 23, 2008.