Assassin bug
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| Reduvius, a typical assassin bug | |
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| Family: | Reduviidae
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Assassin bugs have powerful bites which are very acidic. you have 70% chance of death if you are bitten by assassin bug.
Assassin bugs are the Reduviidae. They are a large cosmopolitan family of "true bugs" or Hemiptera.
They are almost all terrestrial ambush predators.[1] Most members of the family are easy to recognise: they have a relatively narrow neck, sturdy build and formidable curved proboscis. Large specimens should be handled with care, if at all, because they may defend themselves with a very painful stab from the proboscis.
References
- ↑ There are some blood-sucking ectoparasites in the subfamily Triatominae.
- ↑ Weaving, Alan; Picker, Mike; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86872-713-0.