spiny assassin bug

(Sinea spinipes)

Conservation Status
spiny assassin bug
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

not listed

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

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Habitat
 
 

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Biology
 
 

Season

 
 

Summer to fall

 
     
 

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Adult Food

 
 

Other insects

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

7, 24, 29, 30, 82.

 
  7/21/2022      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
 

Order

Hemiptera (true bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)  
 

Suborder

Heteroptera (true bugs)  
 

Infraorder

Cimicomorpha (cimicomorph bugs)  
 

Superfamily

Reduvioidea  
 

Family

Reduviidae (assassin bugs)  
 

Subfamily

Harpactorinae  
 

Tribe

Harpactorini  
 

Genus

Sinea  
       
 

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Common Names

 
 

spiny assassin bug

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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About

spiny assassin bug (Sinea spinipes)

Hennepin County, MN

7/20/2022

Spotted in Hennepin County in a backyard garden in mid/late July 2022.

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  Brittany Z.
Mid/late July 2022

Location: Hennepin County

Spotted in Hennepin County in a backyard garden in mid/late July 2022.

 
           
 
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