你想要的花园里的那种虫子

如果您喜欢大多数园丁，您将花费过多的时间（和化学品）试图宣传错误这可能会破坏你的收获并剥去你的彩色绽放。虽然你可能会发现这样的罪魁祸首蚜虫那壁球虫子和番茄蠕虫，你可能不知道其他昆虫可以是你对他们的秘密武器。像间谍小说中的人物一样，有一整类的刺客虫子躺在等待墙上，你最鄙视。学会在这里了解它们！

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了解自然掠夺者

刺客虫是reduviidae家族的成员，而是忠于他们的名字，这些小忍者勇士猎物掌握了贵植物的敌人。因此，难怪经验丰富的园丁认为他们是朋友 - 特别是那些采取自然方法的人，喜欢限制他们使用杀虫剂。刺客虫很懒，然后吞噬受害者，但有警告。一方面，这些杀手不会歧视，所以他们就像甲虫那里（也称为瓢虫）一样恰好also吃小昆虫像蚜虫。他们也可以dminister a painful bite to people and pets, so it’s wise to小心翼翼。

With more than 160 species of assassin bugs in North America (nearly 3,000 worldwide), you might wonder how it’s possible to identify the little buggers. Fortunately, they share some recognizable characteristics. As adults, they range from ½- to 1-¼-inch in length, and many are brown, gray, or black, although a few are brightly colored. They have round protruding eyes, six legs, long antennae, and a long narrow head that gives them the appearance of having a neck. Their most easily identifiable feature is a sharp, three-segmented hollow beak, called a “rostrum.”

这是两个常见物种的411。

•害虫敌人第一：最高度可识别的刺客是轮虫。At 1-¼-inch in length, it’s the largest species in North America, gray in color and sporting a raised semi-circular crest on its back that resembles a wheel with protruding spokes. It’s the easiest assassin bug to ID, and also the most common.

•刺骨伏击：Ambush bugs，刺客虫（Phymatinae）的亚家族，是如此命名，因为它们融入了周围环境并仍然很静止，捕捉他们毫无戒心的猎物。他们是较小的刺客虫子中，只有成年人只达到½英寸，但就像他们的伙伴一样拥有相同的三分割的讲台和细长的头部。北美最常见的伏击错误类型是锯齿状的伏击错误，由其平坦的三角形尸体具有锯齿状边缘。锯齿状的伏击虫子有各种颜色，包括绿色，这使他们可以轻松伪装在植物叶子上。

DEATH BY VENOM

凭借他们针尖的讲台，刺客虫子刺穿了他们受害者的身体，并注射了致命的毒素，迅速杀死不幸的昆虫或毛虫。毒素还液化了猎物的内部，然后刺客通过其空心讲台吸收液体;完成喂食时，它只是一个空壳。刺客虫还可以在必要时使用他们的长期讲台，在某些情况下，能够在某些情况下喷到一英寸的毒液。

HABITAT, HUNTING GROUNDS, AND LIFE CYCLE

如果你有花园，甚至是一个小的，或者少数人户外集装箱植物，赔率你有一些刺客虫子。大多数人对特定类型的植物没有偏好，它们在果园，蔬菜花园，观赏花圃里也有几乎他们的猎物。然而，伏击虫子被盛开的植物和开花的树木所吸引;盛开的鲜花，如向日葵，是他们最喜欢的狩猎场。

In fall, the female assassin bug deposits her eggs under leaves and in plant crevices. The eggs overwinter and then hatch into nymphs (immature bugs) the following spring. The nymphs undergo several growing stages, each one accompanied by the shedding of its skin (molting), and by summer, the nymph reaches adulthood. Assassin bugs are resilient—nymphs, adults, and eggs can all survive temperatures below zero, so assassin bugs are capable of living several years.

HELP THEM HELP YOU

Assassin bugs can be a natural gardener’s best friend, controlling detrimental insects without chemical pesticides. If you have more plant-eating insects than assassin bugs, however, you may need to give them a leg-up by applying a narrow-spectrum pesticide designed to kill only a specific type of insect. A narrow-spectrum pesticide that只杀死蚂蚁例如，不会伤害刺激错误。由于一些刺客虫被鲜花被吸引，因此可以通过在黄瓜和辣椒的行中种植一些多产的盛开者来吸引这些有益的虫子。当番茄蠕虫和壁球错误出现时，刺客虫将准备好并等待。

给他们一个宽阔的泊位

Although there are exceptions—such as the transmission of Chagas, a disease related to an insect known as the kissing bug—the bite of an assassin bug rarely requires medical attention. And while Chagas can come from a kissing bug bite, according to the疾病预防与控制中心，它最常通过暴露于虫子的粪便或受感染者的血液传输来传播。

然而，来自刺客虫的叮咬，可能是非常痛苦的。令人振奋的臭虫用来杀死其猎物可以轻松刺穿人类皮肤。如果您在身体或衣服上发现刺客虫，请横向将其熄灭以删除它。粉碎它几乎保证你会为你的努力收到痛苦的叮咬。