ID help

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Was welcomed to Mangalore with this creature moving around the shoe box area. This was as big as 2.5-3 inches long and was really weak as it could not easily move around. It had seriously interesting textured back.

EXIF:
Canon EOS 550D
Canon 55-250 IS
F/6.3
Shutterspeed 1/60
ISO-100
Built in Flash

Location: Thokkottu, Mangalore

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

It appears to be one of the assassin bugs (Reduviidae), but not exactly sure about this one.

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Yeah, close to an assassin bug (googled it), probably a female