Holotrichius innesi

Holotrichius innesi - an infamous assassin bug that I recall reading about many years ago, which reputedly has the strongest known venom of any reduviid.  It's a sand-dwelling species (at least, in the juvenile stage) found in some parts of the Middle East, and feeds on scorpions. Its bite is rumored to have caused a number of human fatalities, although this has never actually been formally confirmed. In Israel, the insect is known as the Afrur (dirt) because it covers itself with particles of earth -