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There's really not much to say ... I don't know what kind of insects they are, but in my mind's eye, they are a little creepy looking.
Info Update: Linda Martin tipped me off that these aliens might be Ambush Bugs. She is correct, they are Ambush Bugs! They are in a subfamily of Assassinbugs called Phymatinae.
Here is some info from Bugwood Wiki:
"Life History and Habits: Ambush bugs are predators of other insects and occasionally spiders. They lie in wait on plants and hunt by ambush, capturing prey that comes within range and injecting paralyzing saliva through their piercing-sucking mouthparts. Ambush bugs may be forage among leaves but most commonly wait among flowers for passing flies, bees and wasps that visit (Figure 3). Ambush bugs can be most easily found by examining yellow flowers (e.g., goldenrod, rabbitbrush) and white flowers that bloom in mid to late summer."
The image is from my Summer 2019 Archives
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My first encounter with this gorgeous assassin bug! And what a beauty it is!
Étang de Bellebouche - La Brenne - France
This is the face of the wheel bug nymph (Arilus cristatus) from earlier!
He was very focused on my camera, and kept slowly rotating to square me up. I know enough about bugs to know that I didn't want him on me, so I kept pivoting as well. However, every few shots, he would pivot again. So, I realized what I had to do.
I drew the aperture wide open, slowly leaned in, aimed for his eyes and clicked. A lucky capture! I would have stuck around for more head-on shots, but I genuinely did NOT want to find out how painful their rostrum can be.
With the aperture blown so wide, I was pleasantly surprised at how much of his face stayed in focus! It helped that this one was taken in 1:1, without the aid of the extension tubes, because it allowed all that background light to make it to the sensor. The way the focus in the shot drops off just behind his antennae really made me happy! Just... don't expect another one any time soon!
Captured with my Vivitar (Komine) 90mm f2.8 Macro in 1:1.
Allen County, Indiana
A Wheel Bug also known as the "assassin bug" taken at a local city park in Fort Wayne, Indiana. So far I've found three of these bugs at different times. They can give you a very nasty bite, but are not aggressive.
Apiomerus flaviventris Herrich-Schaeffer, 1846 - Yellow-bellied Bee Assassin. Thanks to v belov for confirming the species ID on bugguide. Found at Madera Canyon in Santa Rita Mountains. Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Poecilosphodrus sp. Tentative ID based on www.inaturalist.org images. Found off Glenmoral Roundstone Road, WSW of Theodore. Queensland, Australia.
Found in woods upslope from the road. Found here: 24.97837S 210.06488W.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
An assassin bug from the genus Rhynocoris feeding on an aphid.
Assassin bugs are insects from the order of hemiptera, recognizable by their four-parts piercing-sucking mouthparts, and sub-order heteroptera, characterized by forewings with both hardened and membranous portions.
They are either predatory or blood-suckers (Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of the Chagas disease), majority of predators species are able to attack any insect orders they encounter.
There's 3 species of Rhynocoris that are extremely similar to each other in France:
R. iracundus, R. cuspidatus and R.rubricus, those species can be identified by the shape of their genital capsules.
On waking yesterday, I found this little character sitting on my pillow, seemingly gazing at me.
Once I realised it was an Assassin Bug I figured maybe it thought I could be its next meal??
However as it was only around 4 or 5mm I guess maybe not ........
A tiny insect that hides on flowers and then ambushes its prey, holding it with its leg pincers and then sucking out its body fluids
Thank you very much for the visit and comments. Cheers.
Chris Burns 2013
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A pair of ambush bugs (Phymata sp.) sharing a romantic meal. The unlucky fly may be Pollenia sp. (Montana)
Creepy creatures - Smile on Saturday
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If you look closely you can see the ambush bug between the wasp and the thistle blossom. This marvelous little creature (a subset of the assassin bug) will sit patiently and wait all day hidden in a flower waiting for someone like a wasp to fly by. His big strong powerful raptorial (prey-grabbing) forelegs are strong enough to down a bug at least twice his size. Such a thrill to find this action just after the strike.
Diese Raubwanzen ernähren sich ausschließlich räuberisch von verschiedenen Insekten. Die Beute wird durch einen auch für den Menschen schmerzhaften Stich rasch abgetötet und ausgesaugt.
Lumix GH5 mit Olympus 60 mm Makro - 4K Post-Focus Stack mit Helicon Focus, Naturlicht
Fundort: Deutschland - Kaiserstuhl - auf Totholz - 12.06.2018
Explore - March 12, 2017
Assassin bug - Reduviidae
Thanks to Jo Zimny for the identification.
72 - The Ugly Bugs Ball. 117 pictures in 2017
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Havinthus rufovarius Bergroth, 1895. Thanks to Jean and Fred Hort for providing the species determination on a related photo. Found at Hotham River Nature Reserve, S of Pingelly. Western Australia, Australia.
Looks like the one on the right was possibly feeding on the one on left. Not sure what is covering the one on right, maybe sap? Or maybe it had a bad reaction to feeding on the other?
Single exposure, moderately cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
Possibly a member of one of the 7000 species of Assassin Bug on a Purple Coneflower bloom in my backyard.
I wanted to show you all what the buds & blossoms of pawpaw trees look like ... and this one had a visitor. Pawpaw trees are the only host plant of the Zebra swallowtail butterfly. We have 3 trees in our yard, and recently found a whole stand of pawpaw's at the wetlands. They produce an edible fruit that looks & tastes like giant bananas. Another shot below. North Georgia
Possibly Zelus longipes, which is a predator mostly on caterpillars.
Morro Bay State Park,
San Luis Obispo Co., California
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)
Subfamily Harpactorinae
Tribe Harpactorini
Genus Sinea
No Taxon nymphs
Another backyard discovery.
April 14, 2021; Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida.
Canon D5MIII; Takumar 150mm f/4 as "tube lens"; LOMO 3.7X 0.11 objective; WeMacro rail; Speedlite & LED with DIY silicone diffusor; Zerene Stacker Pmax with slabbing.
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