Systelloderes unique-headed bug (Enicocephalidae) Urbana, Illinois, USA - 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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Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This common North American insect is a vector of plant diseases.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Caulotops agavis, the agave plant bug (Miridae).

Arizona, USA

Ormenaria rufifascia (Flatidae).

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Systelloderes unique-headed bug (Enicocephalidae). Insects in this ancient lineage diverged from other Heteroptera prior to the evolution of the half-sclerotized wing that marks the rest of the group. Thus, enicocephalid wings are fully membranous.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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.

Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Systelloderes unique-headed bug (Enicocephalidae)

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Keywords: bug evolution heteroptera enicocephalidae hemiptera phylogeny

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