Leafhopper assassin bug
The leafhopper assassin bug is a long, slim hunter, yellow-brown on top with reddish wings. It has a thick, curved beak and sticky front legs. It hunts in daylight on all kinds of plants.
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Fun facts
Hairs on its front legs make a sticky goo that helps it hold on to prey.
It has travelled around the world by hiding as eggs on plants that people ship to other countries.
Young bugs hunt low on plants, while grown-ups hunt higher up, so they do not get in each other's way.
In Hawaii it helps farmers by eating a leafhopper that harms sugarcane.
Most asked questions about Leafhopper assassin bug
?Is the leafhopper assassin bug good for gardens?
It eats other insects, including some that harm crops.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zelus renardii
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Reduviidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Reduviidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Leaf hopper assassin bug
Where the facts come from
- Zelus renardii (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Goula Marta, Sesma José-Manuel, Vivas Luis. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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