Stats

Lifespan: A few months
Size: Small
Diet: Insectivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

Empicoris are slender assassin bugs with extraordinarily long, thread-like legs that let them creep almost invisibly across walls and ceilings hunting small insects. Despite their delicate appearance, they are fierce ambush predators that inject paralysing saliva before feeding.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Reduviidae
Genus: Empicoris