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Yellow Reduviid (Cosmolestes picticeps (Stål, 1859) with Ropalidia wasp prey. Another assassin bug with prey and mate here: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/11/photomerge-6-mpe65-shot...
This is another "bee assassin," Apiomerus cazieri, endemic to the southwest U.S. and northern Mexico.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Insecta
Order=Hemiptera
Suborder=Heteroptera
Superfamily=Cimicomorpha
Family=Reduviidae
Subfamily=Harpactorinae
Genus=Gminatus?
common name=Assassin Bug
This is a large Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae ) in the insect order Hemiptera. Probably it is the Bee Assassin (Apiomerus californicus). You can see a bit of its mighty proboscis. It's perched for the moment on a flowering stem of Deerweed (Lotus scoparius) in the Fabaceae plant family. (San Marcos Pass, 12 May 2012)
They use the long proboscis to inject a lethal saliva that liquefies the insides of the prey, which are then sucked out.
Many assassin bugs have been known to bite humans when not handled carefully. For some species the bite is known to be very painful, sometimes causing allergic reactions.
Not many butterflies at this time but quite a few other insects were seen.
This was the better photo of this one.
Assassin bug with hopper prey I found during night macro: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/05/night-macro.html
Réduve des rochers (Rhynocoris erythropus) sur Panicaut champêtre (Eryngium campestre) en fleur à Chapias (Drôme - Rhône-Alpes).
from Booroomba Rocks, Namadgi National Park, ACT. This 'bug' was displaying and twirling its third set of legs (fluffy, rear) to me from a large log. Breeding behaviour it seems though could be a self-defence?
Another type of assassin bug (Reduviidae). orionmystery.blogspot.com/
IDed as Acanthaspis inermis - ID credit Leo Davranoglou.
Zelus luridus
7 species of Zelus in North America.
This genus is known for a sticky trap predation strategy. Sticky resin produced from a leg gland is smeared on hairs to aid in prey capture.
If you look at the full-size version reaaaally closely, you can see the sticky hairs on the upper front legs.
Cuivre River State Park
Lincoln County, Missouri
Reduviidae (from the contained genus, Reduvius which comes from the Latin reduvia meaning hangnail or remnant) is a large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. It includes assassin bugs (genera include Melanolestes, Platymeris, Pselliopus, Rasahus, Reduvius, Rhiginia, Sinea, Triatoma, and Zelus), wheel bugs (Arilus cristatus), and thread-legged bugs (the subfamily Emesinae, including the genus Emesaya). There are about 7000 species altogether, making it one of the largest families in the Hemiptera.
Okay, you destructive little beast--have a healthy dose of my stabbity!
The wheel bug had his beak poked into the beetle's head, and as he backed away from my lens (as wheel bugs are wont to do--they prefer their business end facing you), he raised it up as if he might be trying to tell me not to bother him while he was engaged in good deeds.
All Assassin Bugs are very slow moving insects. They are like sloths when it comes to getting from point A to point B. Helpful in their style of predation: stalking.
They move almost imperceptible and can remain motionless for several minutes at a time.
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Assassin bug with hopper prey I found during night macro: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/05/night-macro.html
This is commonly referred to as an Assassin Bug.
Part of a family of medium to large predatory bugs, with 300+ species in Australia, and over 5000 world wide.
Seen here on agapanthus flowers.
Photographed at the Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma, on 13 May 2017.
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This is another photo of the Assassin Bug (family Reduviidae) in the order Hemiptera in my [Previous photo]. This is the neighbor leaf of a different native Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana) plant in the Asteraceae plant family that it jumped to. You can see its mighty proboscis neatly folded under its head. (San Marcos Pass, 30 September 2012)
Reduviidae (from the contained genus, Reduvius which comes from the Latin reduvia meaning hangnail or remnant) is a large, cosmopolitan family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. It includes assassin bugs (genera include Melanolestes, Platymeris, Pselliopus, Rasahus, Reduvius, Rhiginia, Sinea, Triatoma, and Zelus), wheel bugs (Arilus cristatus), and thread-legged bugs (the subfamily Emesinae, including the genus Emesaya). There are about 7000 species altogether, making it one of the largest families in the Hemiptera.
Sort of looks like the dinosaur of the bug world.
I found this one balancing on a road sign.
They are the most unusual bug I have ever encountered.
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Assassin Bug (Zelus renardii)
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)
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Rhiginia cruciata, Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs). This one was hanging out on the wall of the mall across the street from our post office at about 9:45 PM on July 1.
According to bugguide.net/node/view/4172, this assassin bug ranges from New Jersey south to Florida, and west to Illinois and Texas. "Perhaps adults seen out in the open in spring (May in North Carolina, West Virginia) are in search of a mate, as appears to be true for Melanolestes. Males reported to come to lights in spring."
Yellow Reduviid (Cosmolestes picticeps (Stål, 1859) with Ropalidia wasp prey. Another assassin bug with prey and mate here: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/11/photomerge-6-mpe65-shot...