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family Cicadellidae  (leafhoppers)

scarlet and blue leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
(Illinois, USA)
scarlet and blue leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
(Michigan, USA)
sharpshooter
Oncometopia nigricans
(USA)
red leafhopper
Bothrogonia indistincta
(Vietnam)
black-tipped leafhopper
Bothrogonia ferruginea
(Vietnam)

super-family Cercopidae  (froghoppers, aka spittlebugs)

unidentified froghoppers
(Thailand)

family Coreidae  (leaf-footed bugs, 1800 species)

citron bug
Leptoglossus gonagra 
(Cat Tien, Vietnam)
unidentified leaf-footed bug
(Costa Rica)

super-family Fulgoroidea  (planthoppers)

family Derbidae

unidentified
(Taman Negara, Malaysia)
unidentified
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)

family Dictyopharidae

unidentified
(Philippines)
unidentified nymph
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)

family Fulgoridae (lantern bugs / lantern flies)

lantern bug
Pyrops candelaria
(Mondulkiri, Cambodia)
lantern bug
Scamandra tethis
(Sulawesi, Indonesia)
unidentified lantern bug
(Siem Reap, Cambodia)

family Ricaniidae  (400 species)

unidentified planthopper
(Philippines)
unidentified planthopper
infected by fungus
(Philippines)

family Gerridae   (water striders)

common water striders
Gerris remigis
(Illinois, USA)
unidentified water strider
(California, USA)

family Lygaeidae   (seed bugs, 4000 species)

large milkweed bug nymphs
Oncopeltus fasciatus
(Illinois, USA)

family Membracidae   (treehoppers, 3000 species)

two-marked treehopper
Enchenopa binotata
(Michigan, USA)
two-marked treehopper
Enchenopa binotata
(Michigan, USA)
unidentified treehopper
(Mexico city, Mexico)
unidentified treehopper
(Mexico)
unidentified treehopper
(Java, Indonesia)

family Pentatomidae   (shield bugs / stink bugs)

unidentified shield bug nymph
eating a beetle
(Illinois, USA)
unidentified shield bug
(Costa Rica)
unidentified shield bug
(Costa Rica)
unidentified shield bug nymph
(Costa Rica)
red and black striped
shield bug
Graphosoma lineatum
(Czech Republic)
unidentified shield bug
(Russia)
unidentified shield bug
eating a beetle
(Black Sea, Russia)
unidentified shield bug
(Black Sea, Russia)
unidentified shield bug
(Black Sea, Russia)

family Pyrrhocoridae  ("fire bugs", "red bugs" or "cotton stainers", 300 species)

unidentified
(Vietnam)
unidentified
(Costa Rica)

family Reduviidae  (assassin bugs, 7000 species)

sub-family Emesinae  (thread-legged assassin bugs)

unidentified assassin bug
nymph
(Michigan, USA)
assassin bug
Emesaya brevipennis
(Virginia, USA)
thread-legged assassin bug
(Costa Rica)
unidentified assassin bug
nymph
(Costa Rica)

sub-family Harpactorinae  (300 genera)

assassin bug nymph
Zelus luridus
(Illinois, USA)

sub-family Phymatinae  (ambush bugs)

jagged ambush bugs
Phymata erosa
(USA)
jagged ambush bugs
eating a bee
Phymata erosa
(Michigan, USA)

other sub-families

unidentified
bird-dropping mimic
(Mondulkiri, Cambodia)
kissing bug
Triatoma sp.
(Rio Blanco, Belize)

family Tessaratomidae

unidentified nymph
(Bali, Indonesia)

other true bugs

jewel bug
Calliphara nobilis
(Nha Trang, Vietnam)
unidentified cicada
(Belize)
unidentified bug
(Philippines)
unidentified bug
(Nha Trang, Vietnam)