{"product_id":"horrid-king-assassin-bug-psytalla-horrida","title":"Horrid King Assassin Bug (Psytalla horrida)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biggest assassin bug on Earth, and it eats like a vampire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePsytalla horrida\u003c\/em\u003e, the Horrid King, is the largest assassin bug species in the world: a bold red-and-black West African savanna predator, the universal animal-kingdom signal for “leave me alone.” It hunts by ambush, then drives a hollow needle-like rostrum into prey, pumps in digestive saliva, and drinks the result back out. Yes, really.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat same saliva is the catch for keepers: a strike leaves a burning, swelling welt that can ache for hours (not dangerous long-term, but more than enough to wreck your afternoon). So it is forceps-for-everything, no exceptions. For the experienced invert keeper, though, it is a captive-bred, surprisingly hardy, genuinely alien predator, and it can even be raised in groups if you keep the feedings overlapping. One of the strangest, coolest things you can keep on a shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Big Z's Habitats and Arachnids","offers":[{"title":"1\/2-1.5\" (Mixed Sizes CB)","offer_id":51659376886077,"sku":"BZ-ASSAS-HORRIDKNG-MIX-CB","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/7755\/4493\/files\/IMG-8738.jpg?v=1780097219","url":"https:\/\/www.bigzs.shop\/products\/horrid-king-assassin-bug-psytalla-horrida","provider":"Big Z's Habitats and Arachnids","version":"1.0","type":"link"}