speckled bugs for ID

[Toby]

near the Thames, London. Only about 4mm body length.

[Acutipuerilis]

It's an Empicoris sp, and from the small size either culiciformis or barensprungi (rare). They're separated by the latter having spines on the back of the pronotum... did you get a top view, by any chance? Pretty sure it's culiciformis, though, based on photos purporting to be baerensprungi on the web.

[Toby]

thanks, so a species of Assassin Bug. Unfortunately I did not have a suitable lens for such a small subject and no flash so only took a couple of shots.