In their nymph form, wheel bugs look different ... but there are a few insects that might trick you at first glance. Other assassin bugs, leaf-footed bugs, spined soldier bugs, and western ...

As for the nymphs, like the one in this video ... When it homes in on a target, the wheel or assassin bug grabs it and pins it down with its front legs. The bug then drives its beak into the ...

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 ...

are one of the largest members of the family of insects known as assassin bugs. According to the department, the eggs of the Wheel Bugs will hatch in May and June, leading nymphs to soon begin hunting ...

“Wheel bugs are in the assassin bug family,” he said. He explained that there is one generation each year, and nymphs often have an orange or red-colored abdomen. Adults can reach up to 1.5 inches ...

At 1.5 inches in length, the wheel bug is one of the largest terrestrial ... tubular mouthparts projecting from the head, assassin bugs are built to prey on smaller insects. They are ambush ...

Trap them under a board at night--adults and nymphs will congregate under it. Smash them in the morning. Assassin bugs do not feed on plants, but hunt for insects on plants. They catch their prey ...

As mentioned, the wheel bug is an assassin bug, an ambush predator that ... Come spring, those eggs will hatch as small nymphs emerge. Light is another attraction for wheel bugs, who are drawn ...

Last summer while trimming back a shrub, I got stung. It wasn’t a bee, wasp or hornet sting. I explored the shrub to see what caused the pain and found an insect that looked like it had a wheel ...

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.