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There's some catnip next to my chair on the rocks and the bees are still there sometimes when I'm sitting if it's not too late in the evening. I got a photo of bombus huntii but I saw bombus vagans too. Another masked hunter assassin bug was seen on the wall just a bit ago *points over there*. It was relocated to outdoors.

#insects #NativePollinators #bees #bombus #BombusHuntii #Bee #bumblebee #AssassinBug #ReduviusPersonatus

A small bumblebee on a catnip flower. It is yellow and black and has an orange strip on it's abdomen.

A closeup photo of a black bug. It is sort of angular shaped like it's stealth tech. It has a small head, or has a long bulbous nose with antennae sticking out of it.

Murder! In the garden.

(Zelus assassin bug with Mordellistena prey, Texas)

#Reduviidae #Insects #AssassinBug #Nature

Macro photograph of a large, pale green and rusty brown assassin bug standing on bright yellow flower petals, its beak stabbed into the neck of a brown beetle with a red head, upside down, struggling.

New predatory bug species discovered in Aussie wilderness uses tool to assassinate prey https://au.news.yahoo.com/new-predatory-bug-species-discovered-in-aussie-wilderness-uses-tool-to-assassinate-prey-023337274.html

Gorareduvius gajarrangarnang, a new species of resin-using #AssassinBug from Australia, with notes on its behaviour https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ajt/papers/dwxqelusvi

"When they attack other invertebrates the sticky resin helps them grab them more readily... the #insect also appears to be coating its eggs in the substance... When the nymphs hatch, they have resin they can use for their first hunt"

Thankfully I wasn’t a target of this assassin bug
#photography, #366photodgraphy2024, #potd2024, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2024-214, #palegreenassassinbug, #assassinbug, #macro, #upclose, #greeninsect

#NewSpecies!
New assassin bug from #vietnam just crept by:

Sycanus thuathienhuensis

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B87BD23E-E803-FFA0-FF55-EF7FFDCB881B
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5481.3.1
#Zootaxa #SycanusThuathienhuensis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #bugs #assassin #assassinbug

Acanthaspis petax, a species of assassin bug, wears the bodies of its prey on its back for camouflage.

#science #sciencefacts #acanthaspispetax #assassinbug

All these were taken at F16 with the flash units at -3.0. The achromat gives what should be a fixed focal length, but autofocus seems still to work within narrow limits.

It's great for snapping moths at rest or at night. Tracking more active insects is harder with fixed focus, but this #AssassinBug (which was scampering around on the wall) came out well enough to support an #iNaturalist observation. I'm pretty sure the species is Ectomocoris binotatus.

#Hemiptera #entomology #Reduviidae

Gloss black true bug with scarlet front legs and the same colour at the base and in a zigzag along the edges of the oval abdomen.

Red Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris iracundus Canon 7D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/320 iso: 500 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/31/2013 #AssassinBug #Hemiptera #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands

When your husband brings you an assassin bug to break up your grading! #AssassinBug #insects Microtomus purcis

Large black and white bug with brick and black body coloration and a bit or red also on the back legs close to the body. It’s safely in a glass jar so the light is very yellow

Pale Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Green_Assassin_Bug_(Zelus_luridus)_-_Algonquin_Provincial_Park_2019-09-24.jpg

#AssassinBug #Hemiptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Bug #Bugs #Insect #Insects #AssassinBugs #Darktable #CCBYSA #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

A closeup photo of a green assassin bug on the side of a tree.

#onthecover #minstrelbug preyed upon by #assassinbug despite multiple defence: warning colour, thick cuticle, volatiles

Joining the party - #jackalflies – #kleptoparasites of predatory insects, feeding on prey body liquids, reportedly attracted by prey volatiles

📸 Alice Exnerova
@AExnerova

Common Assassin Bug - Pristhesancus plagipennis

Assassin bugs use their proboscis to impale prey (insects and spiders) and inject powerful saliva that turns the prey's body contents to liquid. The bug then sucks up the juices through the proboscis, which acts like a straw.

Assassin bugs sometimes bite humans when provoked, for example when they become entangled in clothing. When they bite their saliva causes intense pain, but the effects are usually localised and temporary.

There are more than 300 species of Australian assassin bugs in the Family Reduviidae. All of our species are predators with elongated heads and a curved rostrum beneath. The prey is impaled on the bug's rostrum and killed by digestive enzymes that liquefy the body tissues. The same enzymes cause intense local pain when humans are bitten. (Source: Queensland Museum)
#wildlife #insect #assassinbug #photography

Assassin bugs use their proboscis to impale prey (insects and spiders) and inject powerful saliva that turns the prey's body contents to liquid. The bug then sucks up the juices through the proboscis, which acts like a straw.

Assassin bugs sometimes bite humans when provoked, for example when they become entangled in clothing. When they bite their saliva causes intense pain, but the effects are usually localised and temporary.

There are more than 300 species of Australian assassin bugs in the Family Reduviidae. All of our species are predators with elongated heads and a curved rostrum beneath. The prey is impaled on the bug's rostrum and killed by digestive enzymes that liquefy the body tissues. The same enzymes cause intense local pain when humans are bitten. (Source: Queensland Museum)

Red Assassin Bug, Rhynocoris iracundus Canon 7D EFs 60 2.8 f/4/ 1/200 iso: 200 Srbsko, CZE 6/13/2020 #Hemiptera #bugs #macro #insects #Assassinbug

#inktober #inktober2022 #bugtober #assassinbug #Lamy #LamySafari #LamyArt #MoleskineSketchbook #day5

#assassinbug

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