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biologist4ever · 2 days

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bowelfly · 2 months

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i'm thinking about bugs

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ljsbugblog · 2 months

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a few weeks ago I posted a photo of an assassin bug nymph (Pristhesancus plagipennis), and now here's an adult traversing one of our sunflowers in search of a meal!

wasn't long before she came across one of the many species of caterpillar feeding on the leaves, and attempted to attack.

P. plagipennis are known to prey on a variety of insects, notably stinkbugs (Musgraveia sulciventris) and honey bees, the latter earning it the nickname of 'Bee-Killer Assassin Bug', which I personally find a bit dramatic.

the caterpillar won this encounter, adopting a defensive posture and thrashing its body whenever the assassin got too close. after a brief standoff with her piercing mouthparts unfolded, she walked away to search for easier prey instead.

No common name (Pristhesancus plagipennis).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #macro #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #true bugs #reduviidae #assassin bugs #pristhesancus #pristhesancus plagipennis

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herpsandbirds · 10 months

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Ambush Bug (Phymata sp.), family Reduviidae, Eastern United States

photograph by Danae Wolfe

#north america #ambush bug #bug #hemiptera #insect #entomology #phymata #reduviidae

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geosesarma · 10 months

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I remembered I had this account, heres Apiomerus crassipes posing all nice from yesterday

#bug #insects #insect #bugs #entomology #reduviidae #assassin bug #hemiptera #i love reduviids they are one of the bugs of all time #big predatory bugs do some cocomelon shit to my brain

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cnestus · 1 year

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Pepsis-mimicking katydid and assassin bug in Nicaragua

#katydid #assassin bug #tettigoniidae #reduviidae

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jupiterswasphouse · 7 months

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[PHOTOS TAKEN: JULY 17TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of an orange, black, and white pselliopus assassin bug nymph on the tip of a human finger, with blurred bushes in the background /End IDs.]

Wasn't even trying to handle this guy! It just happened to crawl on while I was tending to plants-

#reduviidae #pselliopus #assassin bugs #assassin bug #true bugs #hemiptera #insects #insect #bug #bugs #bugblr #arthropods #entomology #invertebrates #inverts #photos #photo #Wasp House Sights

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bowelflies · 10 months

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Lophoscutus uhleri

#hemiptera #reduviidae

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arachnophanatic · 4 months

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Assasssin bug nymph / family Reduviidae

#insects #bugs #assassin bug #assassin bugs #Reduviidae #my photos #no new photos again sorryyyyy #it’s too winter I think

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razehider · 5 months

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gonna harvest some raw chicken from this guy. does anyone want some

sorry i meant: gonna harvest some honeyed chicken from this guy and hope it doesn't grab me in a sticky embrace and pierce me with its proboscis, until an empty husk of a man remains. does anyone want some

#bugs #entomology #insects #assassin bugs #hemiptera #reduviidae

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halffizzbin · 6 months

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Assassin bugs / family Reduviidae; probably genus Zelus (adults on the left, nymphs on the right)

I promise you this isn’t an insect blog. I swear to you it’s not. ANYWAY this genus produces sticky resin to help trap prey and has been studied as a non-chemical method of pest control in agriculture, since they tend to hunt smaller plant-eating insects and do not damage the plants themselves. They have a scary stabby proboscis that curves around under their heads; you can see it pretty well on both nymph photos, and not at all in the adult photos because with those I was only focusing on the pretty colors (like a true naturalist would).

#insects #bugs #assassin bugs #Reduviidae #I’m sorry #I will just rebrand the spider blog maybe because I’m not gonna find many photogenic outdoor spiders in the winter anyway

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biologist4ever · 2 days

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bowelfly · 3 months

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rotating my sleek metal briefcase around on the table to face you, i click it open to reveal an assortment of bugs

#bug doodles #Reduviidae #Caprellidae #Ectobiidae #Blaberidae #Styloniscidae #Cicadidae #reminder i will draw any bug for you in this style for $5 usd #also roaches are surprisingly hard to get right it turns out

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ljsbugblog · 26 days

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a Red Tiger Assassin Bug, common in the region but my first time seeing one.

this individual was slowly exploring one of our Jacaranda trees, searching for a meal. this last photo offers an excellent view of their sucking mouthparts, found in all true bugs but specialised in assassins for subdueing and consuming small insects as prey.

Red Tiger Assassin Bug (Havinthus rufovarius).

#ljsbugblog #bugblr #entomology #macro #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #true bugs #reduviidae #assassin bugs #harpactorini #havinthus #havinthus rufovarius #red tiger assassin bug

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pipunculidae · 9 months

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humblegrub · 2 years

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do you know about the subfamily Emesinae in Reduviidae? i did not until very recently and now i have to share the joy. they are assassin bugs cosplaying as stick bugs i love them

eheheh

no silly business here...

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#thread-legged bug #thread legged bug #assassin bug #insect #insects #bug #bugs #entomology #true bugs #insecta #Reduviidae #asked and answered

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