The life cycle of assassin bugs is fairly straightforward. It begins with eggs, which hatch into nymphs that go through several stages before reaching adulthood. These nymphs closely resemble ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

As for the nymphs, like the one in this video ... food sources has provided them with their colloquial name, the assassin bug. It’s also the biggest bug in the “assassin” category.