A scale insect tended by Crematogaster ants. Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

True Bugs

The insect order Hemiptera is 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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A tiny frit fly (Chloropidae: Conioscinella) steals a bit of hemolymph from the kill of an assassin bug (Reduviidae: Sinea).

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A young leaf-footed bug (Coreidae).

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A scale insect tended by Crematogaster ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

This alydid bug is a mimic of the ant Camponotus sericeiventris. Notice how the light bands on the waist provide the illusion of a narrow ant petiole.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

A colorful stink bug nymph (Pentatomidae) on a banana trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia

Assassin bug nymph (Reduviidae: Emesinae)

Armenia, Belize

A scale insect tended by Crematogaster ants.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Keywords: homoptera hemiptera ecology mutualism crematogaster ants and scale insects

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True Bugs

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