A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA. filename: mirid2 - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Images

True Bugs, insects in the order Hemiptera, are an abundant and diverse assemblage that includes hoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, and others. These insects have beak-like mouthparts specialized for piercing/sucking.

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alexwild > Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA.

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alexwild > Belostoma sp. giant water bug.

Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA

alexwild > Thasus acutangulus nymph. Mexico.

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alexwild > Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, adult. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Thasus neocalifornicus Giant Mesquite Bug, nymph. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Thasus neocalifornicus nymph. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > As unlikely as it may seem, these two bugs belong to the same species. The colorful bug is an immature. Thasus acutangulus. Mexico.

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alexwild > Portrait of a Thasus acutangulus nymph. The bright colors advertise this bug's distastefulness. Mexico.

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A tarnished plant bug (Lygus sp.) rests on an aster in a Sierran meadow. California, USA.

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