JungleDragon is a nature and wildlife community for photographers, travellers and anyone who loves nature. We're genuine, free, ad-free and beautiful.

Join

Flat Bug - Acantharadus quaternarius Had originally thought this is an Assassin Bug, so was pleasantly surprised to get an ID and is a Flat Bug, seems to be a rare find too.  Saw several of them, and then noticed that the specimen on the right (darker colour) is already adult and the specimen on the left (lighter colour) is a sub-adult.  Have another picture with 2 adults with 1 sub-adult, and I gather the sub-adult is a female and the adults were likely males, waiting for the female to emerge as adult.  Saw them for 3 days at the same tree trunk and then on the 4th day, all of them were gone, probably moved away after the female is adult and have mated. Acantharadus quaternarius,Flat Bug,Malaysia,Pahang Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Flat Bug - Acantharadus quaternarius

Had originally thought this is an Assassin Bug, so was pleasantly surprised to get an ID and is a Flat Bug, seems to be a rare find too. Saw several of them, and then noticed that the specimen on the right (darker colour) is already adult and the specimen on the left (lighter colour) is a sub-adult. Have another picture with 2 adults with 1 sub-adult, and I gather the sub-adult is a female and the adults were likely males, waiting for the female to emerge as adult. Saw them for 3 days at the same tree trunk and then on the 4th day, all of them were gone, probably moved away after the female is adult and have mated.

Sign in or Join in order to comment.

Acantharadus quaternarius is a flat bug in the Acantharadus genus.

Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
View Albert Kang's profile

By Albert Kang

All rights reserved
Uploaded Jul 22, 2023. Captured Apr 13, 2023 17:40.
  • TG-6
  • f/6.3
  • 1/400s
  • ISO125
  • 18mm