Euschistus sp. stink bug (Pentatomidae)

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a Lygus sp. tarnished plant bug (Miridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Minute pirate bugs (Anthocoridae) are common insects, but their small size means they often go unnoticed.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A minute pirate bug (Anthocoridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, 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
A tiny frit fly (Chloropidae: Conioscinella) steals a bit of hemolymph from the kill of an assassin bug (Reduviidae: Sinea).

East Brooklyn, Illinois, USA
Frit flies (Chloropidae: Conioscinella) steal hemolymph from the kill of a spined assassin bug (Reduviidae: Sinea).

East Brooklyn, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a Lygus sp. tarnished plant bug (Miridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a Lygus sp. tarnished plant bug (Miridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Portrait of a Lygus sp. tarnished plant bug (Miridae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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