Bug

The bee assassin bug is a predatory insect that waits around flowers to capture bees, flies, beetles, and other visiting insects. The name usually refers … Read More

A black assassin bug is a predatory true bug with a dark body, narrow head and strong piercing mouthpart. The name does not refer to … Read More

The pale green assassin bug is a slender predatory insect commonly found on garden plants, shrubs, trees and flowers. Its soft green coloring provides excellent … Read More

The masked hunter bug is a dark-colored predatory insect commonly found inside homes. Adults resemble kissing bugs, while immature masked hunters camouflage themselves with dust, … Read More

Assassin bugs are predatory insects known for ambushing other insects and piercing them with a curved, needle-like mouthpart. Most species are beneficial garden hunters that … Read More

Kissing bugs and wheel bugs may look similar because both belong to the assassin bug family. However, they have very different diets, behaviors, and health … Read More

Wheel bugs eat caterpillars, beetles, aphids, leafhoppers, stink bugs, sawfly larvae, moths, flies, bees, and even other wheel bugs. These large assassin bugs are generalist … Read More

The assassin wheel bug is a large predatory insect known for the distinctive cogwheel-shaped structure on its back. Its unusual appearance often leads people to … Read More

A wheel bug nymph is the immature stage of the North American wheel bug, Arilus cristatus. Unlike the gray-brown adult, a young nymph usually has … Read More

The North American wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is a large predatory insect known for the unusual cogwheel-shaped crest on its back. Although its armored appearance … Read More