#truebugs

[5hundredbees]

Eastern boxelders, adult & nymph ❤️🧡🖤

[mushiniwa]

[usgsbiml]

The bug that is everywhere.  Lygus lineolaris - The bug that is everywhere.   Hard to escape this tiny sap sucking bug, ubiquitous in the East, and pesty in many cases, not given much love, but like all insects it owns and wears its colors well.  Here at 10x you can see right into the omatidia that make up the  eyes and appreciate a good design when you see one.  Collected on Department of Defense property near Pomonkey, Maryland.  

[stickalithus]

Shield bug families!

The 5 UK shield bug families can be thought as the 5 points of a shield! Though compared to the approx. 13 families worldwide our island is just a small collection of Pentatomoid Hemipterans (represented here by the green shield bug Palomena prasina).

Enjoy! As per feel free to ask me anything about anything :)

[sydfly]

#inktober day 8 #InsectOrderDrawing no.8 #Hemiptera #TrueBugs | #illustration #drawing #artwork #art #inktoberid #inktober2go #inktoberindonesia #inktober2017 #lettering #sketchbook #ink #typography #calligraphy #lettering #handlettering #insect #entomology #handdrawn #sketch #crosshatching #tree #branch #LanternBug

[biodivlibrary]

Tessaratoma aethiops is a true bug native to Africa. #SciArt by Edwin Wilson for Charles Owen Waterhouse, Aid to the Identification of Insects, Vol.1 (1880). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7855135 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #TrueBugs #WestAfrica #Tessaratomid #Insects #Entomology #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #SmithsonianLibraries

[carnegiemuseumnaturalhistory]

Poisons of the Carnegie: Wheel Bug

by Vanessa Verdecia

The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is common in the United States and can be found here in Pennsylvania during the summer. It is recognized by the crested “wheel” as seen in the lateral image of this Carnegie specimen, and the beak can be seen coming out of the front of the elongated head and angled back towards the body in the close-up image. Wheel bugs can be found during the day, and one should be careful not to handle them, as a bite from this species is very painful. It is reported as causing intense pain followed by numbness, but their toxins do not cause serious health problems.

Wheel bugs, however, are very important predators and should be left undisturbed. They play a valuable role as forest predators, feeding on other insects that would otherwise defoliate trees or cause other destruction.

The wheel bug is classified in the family Reduviidae, which is one of the predatory families in the order Hemiptera (the True Bugs).

This summer is all about poison at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Staff will be sharing fascinating pieces of our collection that are toxic, poisonous, or venomous to celebrate our summer blockbuster exhibition The Power of Poison. For more information about this highly interactive, family-friendly exhibition, visit pop.carnegiemnh.org.

[brittanyeburgard]

I made a friend while sketching the Peaks this morning 🏔 #SanFransicoPeaks #mountains #bugs #Hemiptera ?? #truebugs ?? #naturejournal #gooutside #journaling #journal #naturelovers #naturelove #nature ​#arizona​ ​#northernarizona​​ #naturemakespeoplehappy​ #views #illustration #art #sketching #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #ballpointpendrawing (at Flagstaff, Arizona)