#assassin bug

[bedupolker]

Run your own race

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[onenicebugperday]

Assassin bug, Platerus pilcheri, Reduviidae

Photographed in India by anubhav-agarwal

[quilbug-draws]

Insectember day 3: Saica sp Common name: Assassin bug

The role of assassin is its birthright🤺

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[celestial-games]

A handful of nocturnal assassin bugs >:3

Featuring millepede assassin, bark assassin, black corsair and western corsair !

[leifcollectsbugs]

Above, Arilus cristatus a North American Wheel Bug, the largest terrestrial hemipteran, and assassin bug in the US, photographed and edited on my phone 🤳

[herpsandbirds]

Can I get some appreciation for the North American Wheel Bug? I am obsessed with it. The stupid little beak. The big wet eyes. The weird comb like eggs. The buzzsaw on its back... A peak Creature.

North American Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus), family Reduviidae, found across much of North America from Canada to Guatemala

In the Assassin Bug family.

Predatory on a wide variety of small invertebrates.

Reaching up to 1.5 inches in length, the males are smaller than the females.

Capable of delivering a painful "bite" or puncture with the proboscis.

Can be cannibalistic.

Capable of producing a small squeaking sound by rubbing the proboscis on the underside of its body.

photograph by Ryan Kaldari

Nymph (juvenile stage) - photograph by MacroGrant

EAT A TASTY BEETLE!!! - photograph by Andy McLemore

photograph by Marmelmm