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Rhynocoris cuspidatus
Rhynocoris is a genus of assassin bug family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. Species of this genus are noted for providing parental care of offspring. Parental care is unusual in subsocial insects, having only evolved six times in the Heteroptera.
On a gum rose (jara pringosa) bud
Spotted on May 11, 2012
Submitted on Jun 4, 2012
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I think I finally identify it as Rhynocoris cuspidatus, a kind of assasin bug