Why are wheel bugs called wheel bugs?

Because they have a dorsal crest shaped like a wheel or cog. image cia Assassin of the Insect World (Arilus cristatus) This page may be out of date. read more

Wheel bugs are common in eastern North America, but are confirmed to occupy areas of Mexico and Guatemala. They are camouflaged and very shy, residing in leafy areas and hiding whenever possible. Specifically, habitats of the wheel bug include sunflowers, goldenrod, cotton, trunks of locust trees, and various fruit and tree groves. read more

And right behind them, Raupp believes, are wheel bugs, which happen to love the taste of their foreign kin—an assertion borne out by Raupp’s own experiments in which he and his students have baited trees with stink bugs and watched as wheel bugs turned up for a feed. read more