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family - Reduviidae
large assassin bug, over 2.5cm (1")
tropical rainforest
First time I saw this bug flying in Kubah national park I was amazed. It was big, red and very easy to see. I wasn't sure what it was until it landed. I spotted about 5 of these in the park. Spotting 2800!
Spotted on Mar 9, 2014
Submitted on May 10, 2014
3 Comments
Thanks bayucca and Lauren. Something this popular and commonly seen, I would have thought to be ID'd for sure.
Gorgeous Reduviid!
Probably the most depicted Reduviidae, but obviously nobody dares to ID is, though...
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/367782...
IDed as Triatoma sp., but this is wrong, Triatoma is only found in the neotropics:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MddafutS4es/Uj...
http://junglemikey.blogspot.ch/2012/01/a...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LOTw2nCuM_E/TE...
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5mMigz57gvM/0.jpg
http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/a...
Nice video, you have to click somewhere to get it...
http://player.mashpedia.com/player.php?q...