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

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.

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.

Emanuele Biggi / Assassin bug (Reduviidae sp) Peru

Alex Hyde / Assasin bug (Reduviidae) with raptorial front legs. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Kim Taylor / Wig knapweed (Centaurea pseudophrygia) unopened flower bud. Italy, July.

Kim Taylor / Assassin bug (Rhynocoris iracundus). Italy, July.

Emanuele Biggi / Assassin bug (Reduviidae sp) young nymph showing camouflage with habitat, South Africa

Andy Sands / Heath assassin bug (Coranus subapterus) viewed from above to show camouflage against bare sandy ground, Surrey, England, UK, July

Andy Sands / Heath assassin bug (Coranus subapterus) feeding on small beetle, Surrey, England, UK, July - Focus stacked image

Doug Wechsler / Black corsair beetle (Melanolestes picipes) Fort Washington State Park, Pennsylvania, USA