Triatoma sanguisuga, the eastern bloodsucking conenose.

Gray Summit, Missouri, 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.
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph and hatching egg cluster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Face to face with a wheel bug, Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae).

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

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

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Arilus cristatus, the wheel bug.

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
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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