Arilus cristatus, the wheel bug, is a predatory insect common in the eastern United States. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

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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 male Abedus water bug carries hatched and hatching eggs on his back.

Stebbins Reserve, California, USA

Belostoma sp. giant water bug.

Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA

Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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

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Heteronotus sp. tree hopper (Membracinae).

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph and hatching egg cluster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A droplet of morning dew on the head of a cactus bug, Chelinidea vittiger (Coreidae).

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

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

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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