[1] As a true bug of the order hemiptera, it has needle like mouth parts designed for sucking juices out of plants or other insects instead of chewing.

P. biguttatus has sharp stylets in its proboscis or rostrum used to pierce the exoskeleton of its prey.

Saliva is then injected into the prey which liquifies its tissues, and the rostrum is then used to suck out the digested fluids.

Prey typically consists of cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars.

[5] P. biguttatus is endemic to tropical Africa; it is found in countries such as Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique in humid tropical forest, particularly hollow tree stumps and decaying logs.