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Habitat:

Amazon rainforest

Species ID Suggestions

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LaurenZarate
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@N00/9254015826/lightbox/ and this also: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/2284828741/in/set-72157627586018002.

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Peruvian Amazon: Species Spotlight
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJuly 27, 2013

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