Red assassin bug

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Such a cool bug, I would love to know its name. Posted 13 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Me too. First I thought of a crab spider, they can have these colors and catch insects on flowers, but the shape tells me it is not a spider.
  I have never seen anything before. Posted 13 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I think this earlier photo is the same bug:
    
    It looks like it has six legs. I've been searching for 20 minutes but still no match. This one is challenging. It has some similarities with a soldier beetle, don't you think? Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago
  2. 1. Joost Thissen
      
      Lion
      
      Indeed the same one. I have also been searching for that time or so. I had given up already but searched again after the hint by Blackdiamond, but that didn't lead to anything.
      BUT some further searching led me to a similar looking bug which was an Hemiptera (real bug). After including that the google image search results got much better (without all the fashion images and volkswagon beetle cars) and I found it!
      It is the Red Assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus).
      All that searching, thinking it is very exotic, and then see it even has a dutch wiki page :( . Posted 13 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Wow, impressive matching. Well done! Now I can safely sleep :) Posted 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Black, it almost reminds me of english police officers (their cars especially). Never knew this species. Posted 13 years ago

''Rhynocoris iracundus'' is a species of ''assassin and thread-legged bugs'' belonging to the family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae.

Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Joost Thissen

Uploaded Aug 14, 2012. Captured Aug 11, 2012 17:20.