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

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) pair, Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae), Suriname

Kim Taylor / Assassin Bug (Rhinocoris sp.) Endemic to south / west Africa.

Andy Sands / Heath assassin bug (Coranus subapterus) well camouflaged on ground, a specialist heathland species, West Sussex, UK, September

Chris Mattison / White-spotted assassin bug (Platymeris biguttata) nymph.

Doug Wechsler / Ambush bug (Phymata americana) attacking Large white butterfly (Pieris rapae), Pennsylvania, USA, June.

Pete Oxford / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae), Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Nick Upton / Red assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) hunting insect prey on Rock samphire / Sea Fennel flowers (Crithmum maritimum) by the coast, Samos, Greece, August.

John Cancalosi / Cog Wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Costa Rica, Central America.

John Cancalosi / Cog Wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Costa Rica, Central America

John Cancalosi / Cog Wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Costa Rica, Central America.

MYN / Piotr Naskrecki / Ambush bug (Phymata americana) on flower, USA, August. meetyourneighbours.net project

Christian Ziegler / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) waiting by an arboreal termite nest for prey to appear, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Pete Oxford / Cog-wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Mindo cloudforest. West slope of the Andes, Ecuador, September.

Pete Oxford / Cog-wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Cog-wheel Assassin Bug (Arilus carinatus). Mindo cloud forest, Ecuador.

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

Daniel Heuclin / Close-up of Vinchuca (Triatoma infestans) head and thorax. The bug is a blood feeder, and vector of Chagas disease. Controlled conditions. Bolivia, April.

Thomas Marent / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) on fern, Gunung Leuser National Park, northern Sumatra, Indonesia

Alex Hyde / Assasin bug {Reduviidae} Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.

Rod Williams / African Twin Spotted Assassin Bug (Platymeris biguttata) close up. Captive from Africa

Pete Oxford / Cog-wheel Assasin Bug (Arilus carinatus) with prey, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Paul Harcourt Davies / Assassin Bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) on yellow flowers, Italy, Europe.

James Christensen / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) close-up, Mindo, Ecuador

Alan Watson / Assassin bugs (Platymeris sp) on tree trunk in tropical deciduous forest, Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, Madagascar

Murray Cooper / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) juvenile, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Treehopper (Umbonia sp) female defending eggs against Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) predator, Amazon, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Treehopper (Umbonia sp) female defending eggs against Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) predator, Amazon, Ecuador

Paul Harcourt Davies / Assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) feeding on moth caterpillar prey, Umbria, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) feeding on moth caterpillar prey, Umbria, Italy

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Assassin bug / Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) Tennessee, USA.

Suzi Eszterhas / Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes) eating Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), Red Corral Ranch, Texas

Stephen Dalton / Assassin bug {Reduviidae} UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Assassin bug (Rhinocoris iracundus) on vegetation, Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Russell Cooper / Heath Assasin Bug (Coranus subapterus) Thursley Common NNR, Surrey, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Assassin bug (Rhynacorus iracundus) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Assassin bug / Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus). It gets its name from a structure on its thorax which resembles a gear or saw blade. The wheel bug is notorious for its painful bite, but it only bites by...

James Christensen / Assassin Bug (Heza sp) with aposematic coloration, Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Assassin Bug (Heza sp) with aposematic coloration, Andes, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) with phoretic pseudoscorpions on its back, Rio Kapatchez, Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) covered with soil, Atewa Range, Ghana

Michael Durham / Assassin Bug (Zelus renardii), northwest Oregon

MORLEY READ / Assassin bug {Reduviidae} feeding on fly, cloudforest, Ecuador

Albert Lleal / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) SEM close-up view of eye, which is made up of multiple facets, at 45x magnification

Albert Lleal / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) SEM close-up view of head with mouth part used to suck fluid out of prey at 21x magnification

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug {Rhinocoris albopilosus} feeding on Honey bee in rainforest, Uganda

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug (Sphodrolestes sp.} mimicing a polistine social wasp, in Amazonian rainforest, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug {Apiomerus vexillarius} on leaf, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug {Rhinocoris albopilosus} feeding on Honey bee in rainforest, Uganda

Ingo Arndt / Assassin Bug (Heza sp) emerging from molted carapace, a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt / Assassin Bug (Apiomerus pictipes) a true bug of the Heteroptera suborder, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Doug Wechsler / Assassin bug (Reduviidae) nymph preys on Click beetle, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Cotton stainer bugs mating (Phonoctonus sp) Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

Doug Wechsler / Assassin bug on leaf (Reduviidae sp) Costa Rica

Doug Wechsler / Assassin bug nymph camouflaged with debris (Reduviidae) Philippines

Pete Oxford / Assassin bug (Phonoctonus sp) mimicing a Cotton stainer bug, Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Lopodytes) attacking Termite worker, Botswana

Jabruson / Assassin bug sucking juices from body of victim (Reduviidae) Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug guarding its nymphs as they hatch from eggs (Pisilus tipuliformis rufipes) rainforest, Uganda, Africa

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug guarding its eggs (Pisilus tipuliformis rufipes) rainforest, Uganda, Africa

PREMAPHOTOS / Assassin bug male guarding his mate while she lays her eggs. Uganda, Africa {Rhinocoris albopilosus}

Pete Oxford / Assassin bug {Reduviidae} Yasuani NP, Ecuador South Americ

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) in the rainforest, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata) leaves mimicked by Creosote Assassin Bugs as camouflage, newly discovered species

Piotr Naskrecki / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae), New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Christian Ziegler / Assassin Bug (Reduviidae), Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Piotr Naskrecki / An unidentified cricket killed by an Assassin Bug, Australia