- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hemiptera
- Family: Reduviidae
- Sub Family:
- Genus: Platymeris
- Species: biguttatus
Assassin bugs and water bugs/scorpions: Assassin Bugs : Platymeris biguttatus (CB by BugzUK) pack of 4
Taxonomic Classification
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Care Sheet
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.
For a good breeding colony with this species it's best to have lots of cork bark and egg cartons for them to hide, climb and moult on, it helps very much with juveniles especially.
Diet: Variety of cricket and roaches
Substrate: sand, coir
Temperature: 20-26°c
Humidity: 50-60%