Prickly, spiny & not so horrid - Psyttala horrida

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Just sharing with you a lateral pic of one of my P. horrida that show well the magnificent array of spines crowining the thorax and scutellum of this species. I'm pretty sad that the offer of Reduvidae in the hobby (at least here in Italy) is almost totally restricted to a few Platymeris species and Psyttala horrida, for i think assassin beetles make truly awesome pets!

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

Just sharing with you a lateral pic of one of my P. horrida that show well the magnificent array of spines crowining the thorax and scutellum of this species. I'm pretty sad that the offer of Reduvidae in the hobby (at least here in Italy) is almost totally restricted to a few Platymeris species and Psyttala horrida, for i think assassin beetles make truly awesome pets!



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Very interesting I had no clue they had so many little horns . Do they liquify prey like spiders?

 

[ItalianTermiteMan]

Very interesting I had no clue they had so many little horns . Do they liquify prey like spiders?

Yep, they do.