16. Spiny Assassin Bug Spiny Assassin Bug The Spiny Assassin Bug (Sinea spinipes) is a species of brown coloring with red undertones that’s common across the US and Canada. Bugs of this genus are closely tied to agricultural fields where they feed a wide range of insects. These insects in...
Related to assassin bug:kissing bug assassin bug n. Any of various predatory insects of the family Reduviidae, having a short stout beak used to prey on other insects or, in certain genera, to suck blood from mammals. Also calledreduviid. ...
We propose then that, by allowing the ant to bite first, bugs are actually reducing their risk of harm against their disproportionally more dangerous prey. The studied ant-prey species are typically larger than bug nymphs, and are themselves proficient insect predators that possess large clasping ...
A 47-y-old man was bitten by a reduviid bug from the Zelus Fabricius, 1803 genus, which was hidden inside a rubber-coated boot. The bite caused immediate and sharp pain, followed by local edema and constant pruritus for 15 d. Pain and fever within the first 24 h were managed with ...
We see a lot of bugs around our home and yard this time of year in Indiana, but there is one in particular that you want to keep your distance from...the Wheel bug.
Patricia Corrigan Of the Post-Dispatch
Bulbert MW, Herberstein ME, Cassis G (2014) Assassin bug requires dangerous ant prey to bite first. Current Biol 24(6):R220-R221Bulbert, M.W.; Herberstein, M.E.; Cassis, G. Assassin bug requires dangerous ant prey to bite first. Curr. Biol. 2014, 24, R220-R221....
Assassin bug, (family Reduviidae), any of about 7,000 species of insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera (Hemiptera), that are characterized by a thin necklike structure connecting the narrow head to the body. They range in size from 5 to 40 mm (0.2 t