#AssassinBug

Veinbug

@veinbug.bsky.social

1 month ago

Every stem is a watchtower. Fun fact: That needle-like mouthpart isn’t just for biting. It’s a multipurpose syringe for injecting enzymes and sipping the result like a smoothie. Nature really said no leftovers. #AssassinBug #Reduviidae #MacroNature #InsectPortrait #Veinbug

Every stem is a watchtower.

Fun fact: That needle-like mouthpart isn’t just for biting. It’s a multipurpose syringe for injecting enzymes and sipping the result like a smoothie. Nature really said no leftovers.

#AssassinBug #Reduviidae #MacroNature #InsectPortrait #Veinbug

Stew

@stew53.bsky.social

1 month ago

The Assassin #Macrophotography #Assassinbug

@bioman55.bsky.social

3 months ago

The Wheel Bug (ARILUS CRISTATUS), is a large assassin bug found from Canada to Central America. It is a prized garden resident with a voracious appetite, especially for caterpillars. It can inflict an extremely painful bite, considered worse than a wasp. #insects #wheelbug #assassinbug #arthropods

John Weber

@jweber3rd.bsky.social

4 months ago

Macro photo of an assassin bug.

#PhotoOfTheDay for #RestOfMyLife #DailyPhoto #day2487 #AssassinBug #BackyardPhotography #52frames_centeredcomposition #52frames #Canon #CanonEOSR5markii #ef100mmf28lmacroisusm #CanonPhotography

Sean James Consulting & Design

@seanjamesdesigns.bsky.social

5 months ago

This little creature is really nifty type of #AssassinBug. It’s huge! Emesaya brevipennis is the scientific name, and it was on our front step last evening!

Joseph Spencer

@talkingrootworm.bsky.social

5 months ago

An amorous trio of two males and 1 female gray-colored wheel bugs with red antennae and beaks hang together off of the left side of a brown and dried purple coneflower against a black background.

Three’s a crowd! The wheel bugs (#Arilus cristatus) in my garden seem confused about how many individuals are needed to start a family. They worked it out about an hour after my photos and the “third wheel” hit the road. #Reduviidae #AssassinBug

[Champaign County, Illinois. USA. 19 September 2025]

Entomological Society of Ontario

@entsocontario.bsky.social

5 months ago

Check out this assassin bug nymph (Reduvius personatus) for bug community day! Nymphs secrete a sticky substance that collects dirt and dust to create a layer of camouflage. 😶‍🌫️

#bugcommunityday #assassinbug #camouflage #nature #entomology #ontario

mdube

@mdube74.bsky.social

6 months ago

257 assassin bug
#assassinbug #insect #photooftheday #photography #365project #eastcoastkin #blueskyphotography #nativecollective

Zachary Melisi

@druidofsuburbs.bsky.social

6 months ago

Assassin Bug Fairy. 4"x6" watercolor and gouache. 2021
Modeled after a fancy assassin bug I have been unable to locate since my friend showed it to me. This was a gift for said friend.

#fairy #fae #faerie #assassinbug #fantasyart #nature #insect #fancybugs
#faebruary #painting #watercolor

Pete

@peterwelsh.bsky.social

7 months ago

I believe an Assassin Bug of some kind. It stayed on the downspout next to me long enough for me to go indoors, swap out my lens and set up my macro settings. But as soon as I started looking at it more it scurried away.
#assassinbug #macrophotography

Beetle Peddler

@jlb4rt.bsky.social

7 months ago

Pale Green Assassin Bug

#truebug #bug #insect #animallover #nature #pic #picofthefay #assassinbug

@dedmojo.bsky.social

7 months ago

Here’s a few shots of a gorgeous assassin bug (Zelus) I found recently in Pasadena, CA. Enjoy!
#insects #bugs #bluesky #assassinbug #macrophotography #pics #photography #naturephotos #bugphotos #insectphotography #skyblue #pasadena #travel #beauty #models

Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@luxomancer.bsky.social

8 months ago

A photo of a long and very slender brown bug from the side as it navigates on a white sheet. The bug's body is very flat, long and almost twig-like. It has folded almost mantid-like raptorial arms held straight in front of it. It has very slender thread-like legs.

A close up of the bug's head and raptorial arms. The raptorial arms are thin, brown with black spots and have many spines towards the folded end. The head is small and shaped like a grain of rice, it is brown, with a slender tan strip running longitudinally, has black eyes, and long thread-like antennae.

Oh hey, yet another #AssassinBug ( Emesaya brevipennis ), this one i dub, #SlenderBug! (As scary to other bugs as #SlenderMan ) With bonus closeup of head and raptorial arms.

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#Hemiptera

Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@luxomancer.bsky.social

8 months ago

A macro photo of a brown streamlined looking assassin bug from above. The bug' s body is an elongated ovate shape, the folded wings are darker brown than the rest of the body. The rear pair of legs are very long and slender, trailing behind the body. THe head is small, the eyes black, the front 2 front pair of legs are held close together in front of the body.

A photo of the same bug from from more of the side, it is so flat that it almost looks distorted.

A photo of the bug from the low side, it is propped up more at an angle by its front legs, and does not look so distorted. The long piercing mouthparts can be seen curving down from the head and towards the underside of its body

Welcome to the Assassin (Bug) Guild thread. 🥷

Do not adjust your screen. This Assassin Bug friend ( Pygolampis pectoralis I think) is just this flat 🤪

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#AssassinBug
#Hemiptera

SilverKitsune

@lilsilverone.bsky.social

8 months ago

An assassin bug in the kiddos blanket. I know they aren’t dangerous but still #assassinbug #OntCanada #summertimebugs

Gilguren

@gilguren.bsky.social

8 months ago

#BlueSkyPhotography #MacroMonday #AssassinBug
Cue suspenseful music.

Vox

@voxox.bsky.social

8 months ago

#MacroMonday
#AssassinBug
#Ants
#Insects #Nature
#Photography
Photo with factual story of survival.

Socky Noob

@sockynoob.bsky.social

9 months ago

I found a wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) last night! Such a cute yet ferocious beast of an insect. #AssassinBug #TrueBug #Hemiptera #InverteFest2025 #Inverts #Insects #Cute #Predator #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna

Oliver Švob

@malioli.bsky.social

9 months ago

The Patient Sentinel of the Grassblade

Silent predator on a summer stalk – Rhynocoris iracundus waits for the wind to still.
#macrophoto #insectmacro #assassinbug #croatianwildlife #naturecloseup #maliOliPHOTOart

Dom & Livv (8LeggedHugs) 🖤 🕷️

@8leggedhugs.bsky.social

9 months ago

ASSASSIN WHAT?!! #assassinbug #invertebrates #insects #bug #truebug #jaffar #assassin #firemblem #exoticpets #nature

Eric | Builder of Nightmares

@a5roseb.bsky.social

9 months ago

A macro photograph of an Acanthaspis petax nymph, a species of assassin bug, perched atop a mound of dead ants and insect remains. The juvenile insect uses these dried carcasses as a camouflage and chemical disguise, masking its scent to avoid detection by predators like ants. Its reddish-brown body is covered in fine hairs and spines, with long segmented legs gripping the layered husks. The bug’s rostrum (a piercing mouthpart) is visible, used to inject venom and suck out liquefied insides from its prey. The background is a soft, dark blur, drawing focus to the hyper-detailed texture and structure of the insect and its gruesome camouflage. Generated via REVE's layered text prompt functionality, the initial render underwent resolution enhancement in Lightroom and subsequent conversion to .jpg format. The final image showcases the deliberate design and iterative refinement of the prompt. Distribution is unrestricted for non-commercial creative applications.

Wearing the dead, like armor, this assassin bug nymph is nature’s most efficient little warlord. Evolution didn’t give it mercy — it gave it trophies.

#NatureIsMetal #InsectMacro #AssassinBug #EvolutionaryHorror #GenAI #SynthArt #AIart #aiartist

Read the alt, this is too real to make up!

Rue's Photography

@ruesphotography.bsky.social

9 months ago

A bright orange assassin bug! These little predators play a key role in garden pest control, but be careful—they can deliver a painful bite if mishandled.

#AssassinBug #InsectPhotography #GardenLife #NatureMacro #BeneficialInsects #BugSpotting #BackyardWildlife #PredatorInsects #NatureUpClose

Jade

@dozinsnorlax.bsky.social

9 months ago

Pretty sure this is a pale green assassin bug (Zelus luridus).
#assassinbug #bugsky

Callen Harty

@callenh.bsky.social

9 months ago

This is a dark black bug with a deep red outline around its thorax and abdomen, which also has black spots on it, and a thin red band at the top of its legs. It is facing right in this photo and standing atop what appears to be a rocky surface.

Eastern bee assassin bug. #EasternBeeAssassinBug #ApiomerusCrassipes #EasternBeeAssassin #BeeAssassin #AssassinBug #Bug #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

H

@killerkitn.bsky.social

9 months ago

Crimson Clover and a ride along assassin bug 📷 ⚘️

#flowers #wildflowers #bugs #assassinbug #photography #nature

leifcollectsbugs

@leifcollectsbugs.bsky.social

10 months ago

Once in a Lifetime Observation! Rhiginia cinctiventris, Feeding on a GIANT Millipede!

#nature #bugs #entomology #raresight #assassinbug #hemiptera #millipedes #narceus

Colleen M. Dougher

@colleendougher.bsky.social

10 months ago

This large but stealthy insect is an Assassin Bug hunting for its next victim. I've seen how the search ends. My tiny fly friends need protective vests.

#insect #insects #bug #bugs #insectphotography #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #floridawildlife #entomology #assassinbug

atxdca

@atxdca.bsky.social

10 months ago

Head-on macro photograph of a North American wheel bug nymph (Arilus cristatus), sitting on a leaf

Wheel bug nymph, one of several assassin bug nymphs sighted at the Zilker Botanical Garden today - pretty little killers -

#insect #invertebrates #macrophotography #assassinbug #naturephotography

Ashe🐈‍⬛🍄

@odawgie.meow.social.ap.brid.gy

11 months ago

close-up photo of a bright orange bug with black stripes on its legs and the sides of its body; its head is small and teardrop-shaped, with two antennae that are also striped and have several sharp kinks in them; it's standing on a rough-barked tree

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Been a bit of a stressful morning, so to bring back the good vibes have a look at this little guy! This is an orange assassin bug (_Pselliopus barberi_) and despite the menacing name, I think it looks very friend shaped :3

#insects #assassinbug #NaturePhotography #photography

Friends of the Waterberg Wild Dogs

@koorsboom.bsky.social

11 months ago

Assassin bug dragging its spider kill to the nest. #assassinbug #insects #wildlife #southafrica