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Stephen Luk | profile | all galleries >> Arthropods >> Class Insecta - Insects >> Order Hemiptera - True Bugs >> Suborder Heteroptera >> Family Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Family Reduviidae - Assassin Bugs

Assassin Bugs locate prey with sensitive antennae, then stealthily advance on and dispatch them using raptorial forelegs and a stout rostrum. They are well camouflaged in their surroundings, with some even masquerading as twigs (Thread-legged Bugs) and others as flowers (Ambushbugs).
Acholla multispinosa
Acholla multispinosa
Acholla multispinosa
Acholla multispinosa
Barce fraterna
Barce fraterna
Barce fraterna
Barce fraterna
Barce fraterna
Barce fraterna
Empicoris vagabundus
Empicoris vagabundus
Empicoris errabundus
Empicoris errabundus
Fitchia aptera
Fitchia aptera
Fitchia aptera
Fitchia aptera
Masked Hunter (Reduvius personatus) nymph
Masked Hunter (Reduvius personatus) nymph
Zelus luridus nymph
Zelus luridus nymph
Zelus luridus
Zelus luridus
Death on a leaf
Death on a leaf
Death on a leaf
Death on a leaf
Death on a leaf
Death on a leaf
Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata americana)
Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata americana)
Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata americana)
Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata americana)
Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)
Jagged Ambushbug (Phymata sp.) moulting
Jagged Ambushbug (Phymata sp.) moulting