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Spiny-legs Assassin Bug - Scipinia arenacea 

Family Reduviidae

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

Body length 15mm
 
Although this Red Assassin Bug is small in size, its fore legs is very strong and spiny. The bug is orange-red in colour with black wings. Its legs are orange-red too. 
 
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The pictures above show the bug feeding a ladybird larvae on a Milkweed plant. We found this bug when we were studying the ladybird larvae as predator on aphids. Somehow the ladybird larvae became the prey. We took those pictures in early spring in a bushland near Macgregor in Brisbane summer Dec 2002. 
 
 
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The second time we found this assassin bug was in Brisbane Botanic Garden Jun 2008. The bug was hunting on citrus tree.
 
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It was an active flier, flied between leaves when we taking those photos.
 
Reference:
1. Scipinia horrida - Insects of Taiwan, 2007
2. Scipinia arenacea - lifeseen.com, by Nick Monaghan. 

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Last updated: June 07, 2008.