Paul Bertner / Assassin Bug (Acanthaspis sp) being attacked by ants, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Cyril Ruoso / Assassin bug (Reduviidae) nymph, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Kim Taylor / Assassin Bug (Rhinocoris sp.) Endemic to Costa Rica.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) on flower stalk, Concord, Massachusetts, USA, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Daniel Heuclin / Vinchuca (Triatoma infestans) walking across human skin. The bug is a blood feeder, and vector of Chagas disease. Controlled conditions. Bolivia, April.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Assassin bug (Rhynocorus iracundus) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008 WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Duncan Murrell / Assassin bug ( Amulius ) with resin on front legs. These assassin bugs coat their arms in tree resin in order to lure insects. Sabangau (peat-swamp) Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Platymeris sp), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Paul Bertner / Caterpillar with juvenile assassin bugs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Chien Lee / Assassin Bug (Ptilocerus sp), Sarawak, Malaysia

Emanuele Biggi / Dung-mimic assassin spider (Reduviidae), Madagascar

Doug Wechsler / Pale green assassin bugs (Zelus luridus) hatching from egg mass, Fort Washington State Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June.