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Strange insect in Burmese amber


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I was working on sorting through large group of amber I recently acquired, and this one struck me as interesting. I think I have seen this insect before, but having a hard time placing it. Raptorial legs, and an interesting snout/mouth piece. Any ideas? 

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My first thought was it looks something like an Assassin bug...I see them around here in the summer, on the lavender bushes, hunting the honeybees.

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Thanks! I can definitely see the similarities. I have had assassin bugs in amber before, just never this small :-). 

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