Assassin Bug / Vesbius purpureus (Thunberg, 1783)

Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Vesbius
Species: purpureus

Distribution: China, India, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Image locations: Brgy. Sudlon, Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

Significance: Found preying on Ants.