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turbo
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Here is one that I almost entered in the Animal Instinct contest. It's an assassin bug - capable of killing big beetles, bees, etc. I've seen a bigger one in the garden (slightly different appearance) but didn't have a camera at the time.
Edit: this guy is about 2 to 2-1/2" long and I've seen these guys lugging off bumblebees, so they have some incredible lift capacity. I don't know much about them, but the little pale "flapper" you see on this side may be a vestigial wing, and the big hump on its back may be the real motor-power required to lug off its prey.
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