Assassin bug. Macrophotograph of an assassin bug (family Reduviidae). Assassin bugs are a group of terrestrial ambush predators and blood-sucking ecto

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Assassin bug. Macrophotograph of an assassin bug (family Reduviidae). Assassin bugs are a group of terrestrial ambush predators and blood-sucking ectoparasites. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.

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Size: 5331px × 3300px
Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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