True bugs, insects from the order Hemiptera, have piercing, sucking mouthparts, like a pointy straw. There are tens of thousands of kinds of true bug and they eat many different things, but whatever they eat, they eat like it’s a Capri Sun.
Assassin bugs, like the one in this photo, typically eat other insects, but this one seems to be eating flower nectar. It’s the first time I’ve seen one doing this, but a quick search on the internet tells me that others have seen this behavior before. One of the joys of observing wildlife on St. Martin is seeing a familiar species doing something you wouldn’t expect.
