The spurge bug Dicranocephalus medius sunning itself on the front wall of the house this afternoon. #KentNature #bugs #truebugs #Hemiptera

A red and black bug against a dark background. Photo by Mike Hudson.

At least 10 red-and-black Fire Bugs climbing on a metal pole.

Some 50 Fire Bugs in the village of Lynsted in North Kent. Thanks to Mike Hudson for the record and photos and to Neil Anderson for passing it on. #KentNature #bugs #TrueBugs

Hans van Bostelen is not just Taxon Foundation's much-appreciated secretary, he is also an expert on Heteroptera. He identified all true bugs in our collections and is now organising them. Soon ready to be studied!

#naturalhistory #bugs #TrueBugs #entomology #citizenscience #communityscience

Out: new Carboniferous true bugs from Belgium and Northern France - from old collections at @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social with @belspo.be;
by @isyebsp.mnhn.fr from @mnhn.fr
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

in papers in pal by @thepalass.bsky.social
#paleoentomology #truebugs #hemiptera

Water striders spend most of their lives on the water's surface. Tiny hairs on their legs and feet repel water and allow them to run on the surface. #WaterStriders #TrueBugs #Gerridae #insects #macro #photography #Arizona

Oleander Aphid (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪 Fonscolombe, 1841).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

#NationalGeographic #Texas #Taxonomy #Animals #Arthropods #Hexapods #Insects #WingedInsects #TrueBugs #PlantparasiticHemipterans #Aphids #Aphidini #Aphidina #Aphis #Funastrum #Funastrumcynanchoides #ClimbingMilkweed

"Desperately Seeking: Hackberry Nipplegall Makers" (c) constance lee menefee The flying nipplegall makers are tiny psyllids - which are True Bugs with piercing, sucking mouthparts - not merely generic y'all "Buqs" that could be anything our lazy fear-marinated brains call clinging, crawling, burrowing, multi-legged, stinging, flying, biting (especially biting) offending annoyances ... anything is "Bug" when it scares us or offends primal human aesthetics by being grubby, smooshy, voiceless, and chompy (especially chompy) ... the gally hackberry leaves are full of warty yurts, each caused by sap-sucking nymphs that quite discombobulate leaf structures into little bug nest lumps - growing, swelling, finally hatching into more bugs that lay eggs which beget nymphs, sending nature's Ferris wheel spinning again!

Collage of three photographs of hackberry nipplegalls - on left is top of leaf and two right photos are underside of leaf

Poem, "Desperately Seeking: Hackberry Nipplegall Makers"
(c) constance lee menefee

... "that quite discombobulate leaf structures into little bug nest lumps -" ...

#Galls
#Inverts
#TrueBugs

This striking markings of an assassin bug would seem to be a warning to pollinators, or maybe it attracts them. #AssassinBugs #insects #TrueBugs #macro #photography #Arizona

My Christmas tree came with an added bonus: a Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) which I found on the living room wall! First time I’ve encountered this attractive (tho’ non-native species) #truebugs @britishbugs.bsky.social @rockwolf74.bsky.social @ecorecord.bsky.social

A stocky insect with a black body and brown abdomen resting on a leaf. The head is narrow, with a proboscis curving under the body. The side of the body is wedged shaped.

An Assassin Bug, genus Sycanus, spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore, on 8 March 2025. One of the larger assassin bugs that I've seen locally.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #AssassinBugs #Reduviidae

Classification of Insects - Hemiptera A spittlebug (Aphrophora sp.) shedding its skin, taken from a creative angle to make its unfolded wings look like ears (c) Luke Chambers 2024

🎄 Day 9 - Meet #Hemiptera, the #TrueBugs.

#FunFact: Not all insects are 'bugs' 🪲

Well-known true bugs include bedbugs, pondskaters, shieldbugs, cicadas, aphids & scale insects. Some predatory bugs are used in biological pest control 🔽

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#InsectAdvent

A bug seen from above. It has a brown shell with an intricate pattern of small, yellow dots on the back.

A Stink Bug, maybe a Yellow-spotted Stink Bug (Erthesina fullo) spotted at Pujiang Countryside Park, Shanghai, China on 2 Nov 2025. Up close, an intricate pattern can be seen on the back.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #China #Shanghai #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

Juniper Shieldbug, a slender, green shieldbug with curved brown markings on the wings.

Corizus hyoscyami, a bright red bug with black markings.

A couple of bugs tapped out of a cypress tree in Doddington Churchyard today: Juniper Shieldbug and the smart red-and-black Corizus hyoscyami. They were also accompanied by a Common Green Shieldbug and a Box Bug. #bugs #truebugs #hemiptera #KentNature @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

A dark brown bug with stubby wing-buds on the brick and mortar of a house wall.

Still the occasional final instar Spurge Bug (Dicranocephalus medius) nymph warming itself on the south-facing front wall of the house. #KentNature #TrueBugs #bugs #Hemiptera

A bug with a dark body, brown abdomen and dark wings. It has an elongated dark head with a sharp, jointed proboscis below the head.

An Assassin Bug, genus Sycanus, spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 8 March 2025. A bug armed with a sharp proboscis.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #AssassinBugs #Reduviidae

(PDF) Invertebrate Surveys of Tucking Mill 2017-2025 PDF | Invertebrate surveys of Tucking Mill, including Marsh Fritillary records, notes on the landscape history of the site, and a full list of all... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...

The report of my extensive surveys of invertebrates at Tucking Mill near #Bath #Somerset #UK is now published on Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
#nature #wildlife #ukwildlife #bathnature #invertebrates #butterflies #moths #beetles #spiders #truebugs

A Southern Green Shieldbug from scrub in the Rainham Dock East part of Riverside Country Park in Rainham (Kent) yesterday. #bugs #Truebugs #Hemiptera #KentNature

A small brown bug scuttles along a plastic garden storage box.

Very cute I think it's a Dock Bug 😊 #bug #truebugs #dockbug #minibeasts #ukwildlife

A red-legged shield bug. The bug has a brown shield in the shape on an elongated hexagon. The edge of the shield has a black and yellow dotted line. All six legs are red. It’s effortfully climbing some grass blades with its legs splayed wide on several obstacles.

This red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) walking like it just got reincarnated into a six-legged body for the first time.

#insects #invertebrates #bugs #truebugs

A small, brown bug on the fabric of an insect net. Its head, with eyes on protruding stalks, is lower left.

A stretch upper saltmarsh sward, consisting of a mix of grasses and fairly low-growing Sea-purslane. The bug was swept easily from this vegetation. However, it was not found where Sea-purslane grew in dense, shrubby, single-species stands.

On yesterday's @kentfieldclub.bsky.social meeting at Castle Foote on the North Kent coast, I was really pleased to find the rare ground bug Henestaris halophilus in numbers across the saltmarsh. Habitat shot has notes in alt text. #bugs #truebugs #Hemiptera #KentNature @britishbugs.bsky.social

Close view of various instars of red large milkweed bugs on a honeyvine milkweed pod

Various instars of red large milkweed bugs on a honeyvine milkweed pod

All Hail, true bugs with sucking mouthparts!

Large milkweed bugs with various instars ... #Invert #TrueBugs

Some of the seven Spurgebug nymphs on the front wall of the house this pm. Presumably must be Dicranocephalus medius as we're on the North Downs in Kent. #bugs #truebugs #Hemiptera #KentNature

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#milkweedbugs #bugfacts #truebugs #bugfeature

Ribautiana sp ? leafhopper around 3-4mm, seen on my walk

Ribautiana sp ? leafhopper around 3-4mm, seen on my walk
#leafhopper #planthoppers #truebugs #insects #Entomology #invertebrates #nature #macro

Bursting at the seams!

Large Milkweed Bug and a whole lot of nymphs

#insects #truebugs #invertebrates #nativeplants #prairie

Picromerus bidens. Or P. trumps as the current POTUS now demands it to be named.

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#Insecta #Insects #Hemiptera #Truebugs #Pentatomidae #Invertebrate #Typpyluteet #Bärfisar #Shieldbugs #Hyönteiset #Insekter #Macrophotography #Biodiversity

Orange and black bugs on milkweed pods.

Large Milkweed Bugs. Adults and nymphs on milkweed pods.
#insects #bugs #truebugs #insectphotography #naturephotography

Oops, all female cicadas! Megatibicen grossa, Neotibicen pruinosus, and Neotibicen davisi! #InverteFest2025 #Cicadas #Cute #Bugs #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #NativeSpecies #Mississippi #USfauna #MSfauna