Mystery assassin bug
I’d like it to be the case that this international bug of mystery with so many hits on his belt is keeping its identity secret for stealthiness purposes.
But the fact it that I just don’t know what it is :D
You’d think that a bug with such striking features as this one would be pretty easy to identify, but sometimes, finding information on a specific bug can be really difficult.
I went looking on the webs for a while, and I found a picture of what seems to be the exact same one on this website. So I eagerly click on it. only to read: “This is an assassin bug”.
Duh, I know that! I know that it’s in the Hemiptera order, Heteroptera suborder, Reduviidae family, in fact, I’m pretty sure it’s in the Peiratinae subfamily. What I want to know is the speciesss!
I believe that the Peiratinae bugs are known in the US as Corsair assassin bugs. I found a pretty similar one here, but it’s not quite the same.
There isn’t a reward to any clues leading to the identity of this bug at this moment, but any information will be highly appreciated.
BTW, I realized that as it gets warmer and I want to be outside more often, I spend less time indoors and consequently I write fewer posts. I’m aware. I’m sure you are aware of that too. I … guess I just wanted it to be known that I’m aware :)
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Tags: Arthropod, assassin bug, entomology, Hemiptera, Insect
It’s definitely Peiratinae, and I’ll go you one further and say it’s Rasahus of some variety, but it seems as though there are an awful lot of varieties of Rasahus, and not all are necessarily described and named. I can’t find anything quite precisely like this one, though hamatus seems fairly close.
Thanks for the confirmation!