"Tool use in assassin bugs has been suggested as several species apply adhesive plant resins to their body, which has been hypothesized to function in enhancing prey capture." Deadly glue arms?

A Colombian researcher has spent years scouring museum collections around the world to help answer a big question: how many different kinds of assassin bugs are there? The New World resin bugs ...

Scientists had a hunch that assassin bugs' hunting success would increase if they coated themselves in the sticky resin of ...

Most people worry about bugs inside the house. For stink bugs, the critters are more of an issue outdoors. Texas’s warm ...

Encouraging beneficial insects like braconid wasps and assassin bugs, as well as birds, will also help keep stink bugs of all kinds in check. Brown marmorated stink bugs cause no damage to ...

and assassin bugs. Like other venomous animals investigated by his team, funnel-web spider venom contains small proteins or peptides that interact with, and modulate the activity of, ion channels ...

Larvae can also fall victim to ladybeetles, damsel bugs, assassin bugs and shield bugs. The protective “mess” they carry doesn’t offer much protection against those larger insects with ...

The insects may have included desert scorpions and assassin bugs, which were common in the area and known to deliver a nasty bite. Severus abandoned the siege of Hatra after 20 days. Dr Kathleen ...

The Heteroptera are a diverse group of bugs, including terrestrial assassin bugs, plant bugs, bedbugs, leaf-footed bugs and shield bugs, and the aquatic backswimmers, water scorpions and water boatmen ...

At its biggest, my collection had hundreds of tarantulas, scorpions, weird snakes, assassin bugs and lizards. What is it about spiders that you find so fascinating? I think they’re fascinating ...