This Assassin bug can administer a painful bite which it uses to hunt down prey much larger than itself. It does not have a jaw, but uses its proboscis to inject venom and feeds by sucking the fluid out of its prey. They can live communally if fed enough.
Taxonomic Classification- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hemiptera
- Family: Reduviidae
- Sub Family:
- Genus: Platymeris
- Species: biguttata
