An alate aphid with her newborns on the underside of a pipevine leaf. 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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Cerasa inermis treehopper (Membracidae).

California, USA

Oebalus pugnax - the rice stink bug (Pentatomidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A nearly blind Acropyga goeldii worker ant tends to root-feeding mealybugs in an underground chamber. The ants depend on their hemipteran "cattle" for food, while the mealybugs are kept safe from predators and carried to new roots by their ant guards.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ground pearls are the large, sedentary adult forms of root-sap feeding insects. Here, two Eurhizococcus brasiliensis hang suspended from grape roots deep underground while a Linepithema micans ant gathers the honeydew exuded by the pearls. These insects are significant pests in Brazilian vineyards.

Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

First and second instar ground pearls, Eurhizococcus, on a cassava tuber.

Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

An alate aphid with her newborns on the underside of a pipevine leaf.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A 13-year periodical cicada, Magicicada sp., from the great southern brood (Brood XIX) that emerged in 2011. The immature forms of these insects live for years in underground burrows drinking liquid from the xylem of tree roots. Adults live only a few weeks.

Allerton Park, Illinois, USA

A 13-year periodical cicada, Magicicada sp., from the great southern brood (Brood XIX) that emerged in 2011. Periodical cicadas can be distinguished by their red eyes.

Allerton Park, Illinois, USA

An alate aphid with her newborns on the underside of a pipevine leaf.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Keywords: aphids hemiptera life cycle aphidae plant lice

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