Small Thread-legged Assassin Bug
Wing Venation		Ellura
Large Thread-legged Assassin Bug
S2, dorsal		 
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Large Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Emesinae sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Family: Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Cimicomorpha, Reduviidae, Emesinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Large Thread-legged Assassin Bug (Emesinae sp)
This Photo:     🔍S1, dorsal🔎
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~16 to ~18mm long. Legs & antennae span a huge 70mm!
Fairly hairless. White knees, plain body, wings & legs.
We'd never seen a thread-legged assassin bug before and suddenly 3 came to the night light. There were 2 species, this one and a smaller one.
Copyright © 2021-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Mar-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.