Ugh! This guy looks about how I feel before my morning coffee. Notice the thin hairy projections on his legs and antennae. Why do you suppose they are important to him? (Link?) Mr. Antbug is a predator of the order Hemiptera, family Reduviidae. Strangely enough, he is related to the Lacebug, also included in this site.
Photograph courtesy of Dr. George Poinar, from The Quest for Life in Amber
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