Gminatus australis

Gminatus australis
Late January 2011
kunanyi/Mount Wellington
   

Mid January 2012
Sisters Beach

Early January 2015
Sisters Beach

Late December 2008
Hobart Rivulet, Lenah Valley
This shows the assassin bug sucking up the contents of a soldier beetle.

Late February 2015
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart

Late December 2014
Mount Field
Predating a flea beetle (Chrysomelidae:Galerucine: Alticini).
 

January 2017
Lindisfarne
This assassin bug is covered with the waxy filaments from the Passionvine Hopper nymphs (see last two pictures) that it has been hunting.
Images by Phil Wardle, used with permission.
    

Mid March 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
 

Early February 2018
Knocklofty Reserve
Hobart

 

Late February 2018
Knocklofty Reserve
Hobart

Early January 2020
Arthur River

Mid January 2021
Hellyer Beach
IMG 7651

Early January 2023
Macquarie Heads
IMG 5680

Clash of Assassin bugs
Early January 2023
Sisters Beach

IMG 5953  IMG 5954  IMG 5955  IMG 5957