What Is This?!?!?!

[kraken]

My buddy just got a legal shipment from africa,he has all his permits and pays all his dues,BUT these 2 "beetles" or assassin bugs were hitchhikers!! WHat are they?! The red one is HUGE and mean looking! Please help!
The red one

and the black one

 

[Stylopidae]

Platymeris species not yet in the hobby (possibly)...are you selling?

I'd love to have them

 

[cacoseraph]

that is very funny. i like the one with the "X" kind of mark on it's back

you should keep them in the hopes they lay eggs. maybe you could eventually introduce a new species to the hobby at large

p.s. those can hurt like mothers if they bite you, but i do not believe it is dangerous, per se

 

[Waspman]

Those assassins are pretty cool! They don't look to be Platymeris.

Like Cacoseraph said, I'd keep them in case they lay eggs.

 

[kraken]

Well,I am more of a tarantula and scorpion guy,so I guess I will put them up for trade,so that someone with more knowledge in that type of inverts can try to successfully raise eggs if they lay any!I am scared I would screw it up!

 

[bugmankeith]

What kind or roaches are those?

 

[kraken]

No clue on the roaches,they were bought as "African Bush Roaches".I am taking pics and getting them on for ID also

 

[CopperInMyVeins]

Great looking assassins, like caco said, they don't look like Platymeris, and I guess breeding isn't very likely if you just have one of each, I guess just keep them fed, keep them separate, and maybe take more pictures, and submit some to a museum?

 

[beetleman]

those are very impressive assassins:drool: would'nt mind having them either

 

[telow]

me too me too i like the both of them.