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Damsel Bug -2

Nabis kinbergii

Description:

About 5mm long, this damsel bug had pale brown patterned wings with spikey projections on the thorax. this bug also had stabbing mouthparts ( close-up pic #3)

Habitat:

grasslands, gardens. Spotted on a wall near a Reserve.

Notes:

These feed on small invetebrates. There are 22 species in seven genera in Australia. Family: Nabidae

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Leuba Ridgway
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Leuba Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2013

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