Sign designs for Village
A graphic of how the signs could look in Silverdale Village. These options are being put before the community for comment.
Silverdale Village is to get its own distinctive signs, with support from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
Initial design ideas were drafted for the Silverdale Business Association, free of charge, by local board member Andy Dunn, who is a graphic artist.
The association is now putting those options before Silverdale businesses and the wider Silverdale community.
Silverdale Business chair Theo Simeonidis says these initial designs are simply to kick-start what he hopes will be a co-operative business and community consultation process.
Description:
Pristhesancus plagipennis, also known as the common assassin bug , is an ambush predator that belongs to the family Reduviidae, of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). It possesses a large rostrum or spike on the end of its narrow head which it uses to impale its prey, injecting a digestive enzyme which kills its victim, the contents of which can then be drunk at leisure. The victim s remains are then discarded. I believe they are particularly fond of stink bugs, although I guess any animal that can be overpowered will do. Their legs are long so that they have long attack distance. Adult bugs are brown in colour with transparent wings, and nymphs are black with brightly orange abdomens. Females lay clusters of long red eggs. Nymphs pass through five growth stages to become an adult bugs, and look similar to the adults except smaller and wingless. Later instars will have wing buds but still cannot fly. This adult specimen was roughly 25 mm in length.