Sharpshooter nymph (Cicadellidae: subfamily Cicadellinae) from Belize.
A snapshot of planthopper diversity in my backyard in Iowa. From left to right: Metcalfa pruinosa, then Ormenoides venusta, and I believe the remaining green ones are Acanalonia species, likely A. conica.
Assassin bug, family Reduviidae, from Koh Chang Island, Thailand.. These predatory insects feed by puncturing their arthropod victims with their "beak" (rostrum), injecting them with digestive enzymes, and sucking out the liquified insides.
