Heteronotus tree hoppers have a fake "ant" on their backs, presumably to foil predators.

Maquipucuna Cloud Forest Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador
Young assassin bugs are often ant mimics. This is a first-instar wheel bug, Arilus cristatus.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A grazing herd of Cerastipsocus bark lice on a tree trunk in Argentina.

Los Reartes, Córdoba, Argentina
A colorful stink bug nymph (Pentatomidae) on a banana trunk.

Icononzo, Tolima, Colombia
A flightless flat bug, Chelonoderus sp., from the northern Australian rain forests.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
A minute pirate bug (Anthocoridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The friendly face of Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose, showing  the three-segmented beak it uses to bleed its victims.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose, with a dime for scale.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, USA
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