Te pepeke kōhuru
Assassin bug
Stenolemus fraterculus
Wygodzinsky
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Reduviidae
Te Rahi
- He iti te hanga – 8–10 mm te roa.
Size range
- Small size 8–10 mm.
Te Tītaringa
- Nāna anō ia i hari mai ki konei mai i Ahitereiria.
Distribution
- Self-introduced from Australia
Te Huringa Ora
- Ka āta whaiwhai kai māna. Kai ai i ngā pepeke iti.
- I ētahi wā ka pōhēhētia he rō kē te pepeke kōhuru.
Life history
- Predacious. Eats small insects
- Sometimes mistaken for a small mantid