How would you want this guy staring you in the face? He's not as big and fierce as he looks on screen and he's been dead for at least 25 million years. This is a planthopper and notice his unique headgear (the funny looking snout). Proper order name is Homoptera, family Fulgoroidea.
Photograph courtesy of Dr. George Poinar, from The Quest for Life in Amber
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