He's actually kinda pretty with his grey coloring. He is truly known as an assassin bug. The Reduviidae attack and eat other bugs, which can be beneficial in removing pesky bugs in your gardens. Most of the assassin bugs are harmless to humans. But, there is a species, the Triatoma, perhaps more commonly know as the reduviid bug, or kissing bug, that caries a human pathogen and produces Chagas Disease.
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