Assassin bug
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Stenolemus fraterculus Wygodzinsky
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Size range
- Small size 8–10 mm.
Distribution
- Self introduced from Australia
Life History
- Predacious. Eats small insects
- Sometimes mistaken for a small mantid