Predatory bugs are a group of insects in the Order Hemiptera. They use piercing-sucking mouthparts to kill and eat their prey (other insects).
![wheel bug](/arec.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/styles/optimized/public/2021-03/HGIC_insects_wheelbug.jpg?itok=Awuz3YVk)
Wheel bug. Photo: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
Types of predatory bugs
![wheelbug](/arec.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/styles/optimized/public/2021-04/HGIC_insects_wheelbug_400_nt.jpg?itok=pE7GovkA)
Wheel Bug (type of assassin bug). Photo: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
![ambush bug](/arec.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/styles/optimized/public/2021-04/HGIC_insects_ambushbug_400_nt.jpg?itok=hIclTFxU)
Ambush Bug. Photo: David Cappaert, Bugwood.org
![predator stink bug](/arec.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/styles/optimized/public/2021-02/HGIC_insects_Predatorstinkbug_400.jpg?itok=109UqkTH)
Predatory Stink Bug. Photo: Hanna Royals, Museum Collections: Heteroptera, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org