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Assasin bug

Description:

Reduviidae - Cannibalism

Habitat:

Foliage shrubs

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3 Comments

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Looks like a Wrestling match!

7yl4r
7yl4r 12 years ago

Agreed. Some kind of assassin bug. The one pictured in your link looks a lot like one that I spotted a few weeks ago. (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/694...) I don't know much about them, but these look similar enough that I think it's a good guess that they're the same genus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Mostly look alike Assassin bugs.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2004/06/26/o...

tiberio_graco
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tiberio_graco

Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Spotted on Aug 31, 2011
Submitted on Aug 25, 2011

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