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- Wheel_bug abstract "The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus), in the family Reduviidae, is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, being up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length. A characteristic structure is the wheel-shaped pronotal armor. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, Japanese beetles, etc., which they pierce with their beak to inject salivary fluids that dissolve soft tissue. Because most of their prey are pests, wheel bugs are considered beneficial insects, although they can inflict a painful bite if handled carelessly.Wheel bugs are common in eastern North America, although many people in the region have never seen them. They are camouflaged and very shy, hiding whenever possible. They have membranous wings, allowing for clumsy, noisy flight which can easily be mistaken for the flight of a large grasshopper. The adult is gray to brownish gray in color and black shortly after molting, but the nymphs (which do not yet have the wheel-shaped structure) have bright red or orange abdomens.Wheel bugs are highly regarded by organic gardeners because they consume a variety of insects and their presence indicates a healthy, pesticide-free ecosystem. "They’re the lion or the eagle of your food web,” Dr. Michael J. Raupp, an entomologist at the University of Maryland, notes. “They sit on top. When you have these big, ferocious predators in your landscape, that tells me that this is a very healthy landscape, because all these other levels in your food web are intact.”".
- Wheel_bug binomialAuthority Carl_Linnaeus.
- Wheel_bug binomialAuthority Centuria_Insectorum.
- Wheel_bug class Insect.
- Wheel_bug family Harpactorinae.
- Wheel_bug family Reduviidae.
- Wheel_bug kingdom Animal.
- Wheel_bug order Hemiptera.
- Wheel_bug phylum Arthropod.
- Wheel_bug thumbnail Arilus_cristatus_Kaldari_02.jpg?width=300.
- Wheel_bug wikiPageExternalLink 454.
- Wheel_bug wikiPageExternalLink wheel_bug.htm.
- Wheel_bug wikiPageExternalLink ThisWeek030901.html.
- Wheel_bug wikiPageExternalLink Wheel-bugs-deliver-world-of-hurt-Their-bite-2880616.php.
- Wheel_bug wikiPageID "2082958".
- Wheel_bug wikiPageRevisionID "584455122".
- Wheel_bug binomial "Arilus cristatus".
- Wheel_bug classis Insect.
- Wheel_bug familia Reduviidae.
- Wheel_bug genus "Arilus".
- Wheel_bug hasPhotoCollection Wheel_bug.
- Wheel_bug id "107308".
- Wheel_bug imageWidth "240".
- Wheel_bug name "Wheel bug".
- Wheel_bug ordo Hemiptera.
- Wheel_bug phylum Arthropod.
- Wheel_bug regnum Animal.
- Wheel_bug species "A. cristatus".
- Wheel_bug subfamilia Harpactorinae.
- Wheel_bug taxon "Arilus cristatus".
- Wheel_bug subject Category:Animals_described_in_1763.
- Wheel_bug subject Category:Biological_pest_control_agents.
- Wheel_bug subject Category:Reduviidae.
- Wheel_bug type Animal.
- Wheel_bug type Eukaryote.
- Wheel_bug type Insect.
- Wheel_bug type Species.
- Wheel_bug type Insect.
- Wheel_bug type Organism.
- Wheel_bug comment "The wheel bug (Arilus cristatus), in the family Reduviidae, is one of the largest terrestrial true bugs in North America, being up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length. A characteristic structure is the wheel-shaped pronotal armor. They are predators upon soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, Japanese beetles, etc., which they pierce with their beak to inject salivary fluids that dissolve soft tissue.".
- Wheel_bug label "Wheel bug".
- Wheel_bug sameAs Czsg5.
- Wheel_bug sameAs m.06k_y8.
- Wheel_bug sameAs Q7992007.
- Wheel_bug sameAs Q7992007.
- Wheel_bug wasDerivedFrom Wheel_bug?oldid=584455122.
- Wheel_bug depiction Arilus_cristatus_Kaldari_02.jpg.
- Wheel_bug isPrimaryTopicOf Wheel_bug.
- Wheel_bug name "Wheel bug".
