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Assassin bug

Acanthaspis cf. sexguttata

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Assassin Bug
Acanthaspis cf. sexguttata Acanthaspis sexguttata image


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5 Comments

pamsai
pamsai 10 years ago

Just seen your comment Lauren. I'm not sure about the overlap. This one was seen in my garden and the Domino beetle was seen on the mountain, within a kilometer away.

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Reduviidae, Reduviinae, Acanthaspis sp. and looks like being Acanthaspis sp., there are several very similar around, like Acanthaspis siva (full black legs!) and Acanthaspis sexguttata is to my knowledge the only one in your area with such checkered legs.
Same one like this:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/161...

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

thanks Eric for the ID.

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

This is sooo amazing! It has a striking likness to your Domino Beetle (Family Carabidae). Do their ranges overlap? Both are predators, so they give each other even more protection than either one alone. Still, it is amazing to see a Reduviid that looks like this.

BugEric
BugEric 11 years ago

This is an assassin bug (*not* a beetle), family Reduviidae.

pamsai
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pamsai

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Dec 17, 2012
Submitted on Dec 17, 2012

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