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Assassin bug

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Other Assassin Bugs pictures:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6430586
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6987139
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6898613

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Comments (7)
Latimeria
Yep! Many insects have another set of eyes, called ocelli. They usually occur in groups of 2 or 3. They can't detect images, but they can detect things like light.
Latimeria
That's a gorgeous assassin bug, especially the red spikes on its thorax.
rubens.luciano
Thanks Jonathan. It's the first time I saw one of these too.
Jonathan Sequeira
A type of assassin bug. that particular I have never seen before. check on this ones http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6017296/fullscreen http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/5996941/fullscreen

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PublishedAugust 20, 2011

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