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Faunamelitensis — Red Assassin Bug

Published: 2010-04-28 21:00:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 264; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Description Photo: Jeffrey Sciberras
Scientific name: Rhinocoris erythropus
Maltese name: Seffud tal-Assalt
status locally: frequent
habitat: on vegetation, particularly on fleabane, samphire and fennel.
other info: a predatory species, preying on many species, mostly on honey bees. 14 mm long. flies short distances when threatened.
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Comments: 4

bomracer [2010-04-28 22:19:19 +0000 UTC]

I'm all for an insect that saves strawberries (yum!) great photo!

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Faunamelitensis In reply to bomracer [2010-04-29 09:17:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks, me too!

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HarvestPicori [2010-04-28 21:03:12 +0000 UTC]

Aw I love these guys! they save our strawberry crop every year by all sorts of pesky Beatles . Their also the only ones willing to munch on a box elder beetle, so they can land in my room anytime <3.. As I learned last year their really people friendly too..

Wonderful photo of em, and I really like the lighting against it's wings!

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Faunamelitensis In reply to HarvestPicori [2010-04-28 21:05:54 +0000 UTC]

i'm glad you really like this insect so much and that you like this photo too

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