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Fire ant

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Amazon rainforest

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LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Hi Don, this is a very beautiful Assassin Bug - Family Reduviidae. Do you remember if it had large spines on the dorsal side? If so, it could be the Spiky Assassin Bug, Ricolla quadrispinosa.
I think this is the same one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18022695@N0...
and this also: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/22....

Rustic 41
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Rustic 41

Indiana, Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Jul 5, 2013
Submitted on Jul 27, 2013

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