South Africa, mainly Pietermaritzburg.
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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Assassin bug


Certainly an Assassin, judging by its looks. Probably family Reduvioidea and genus Rhynocoris.
An ambush predator with an amazing snout through which it injects a paralytic toxin.
   

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