The green adults evolve from black nymphs into ... However, it is difficult to distinguish between a leaf footed bug nymph and an assassin bug nymph. Both have orange-red bodies and long black ...

Acanthaspis petax does this, but its method of hunting and avoiding being hunted makes it stand out among fellow assassin bugs. Pictured: An Acanthaspis petax nymph with ant carcasses on its back.

Mike McClane in Chelsea photographed a cluster of tiny, just-hatched wheel bug nymphs, or assassin bugs, through a window in his house. The eggs hatched from their equally small honeycombed egg ...

The 'kissing bug' is a species of assassin bugs that spread the fatal Chagas disease. Flickr.com A test for accurate identification of a nymph of three assassin bugs has led to the discovery of a ...

The nymphs of certain assassin bug species use the corpses of their prey, ants, to camouflage themselves, attaching the dead ants to their backs after sucking them dry. It's thought that this ...