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 > A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > The smoke tree sharpshooter (Homalodisca lacerta) is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Portrait of a leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus clypealis. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Milkweed aphids (Aphis nerii) cluster around plant veins. Kansas, USA.

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alexwild > Assassin bugs are sit-and-wait predators. This Zelus tetracanthus arrived at a blacklight insect trap and intercepted incoming prey, in this case a male trap-jaw ant. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Nymphs of the Giant Mesquite Bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) typically cluster in groups. Clustering likely amplifies the intensity of the bright visual signal warning predators of their powerful defensive chemistry. Arizona, USA.

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alexwild > Arilus cristatus, the wheel bug, is a predatory insect common in the eastern United States.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

alexwild > Face to face with a wheel bug, Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

alexwild > Arilus cristatus, the wheel bug.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A Mozena mesquite bug perches on its host-plant. Arizona, USA.

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Keywords: desert bugs insect insects mesquite hemiptera entomology coreidae mozena

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