[1] Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black and white.

They possess a piercing and sucking three-segmented beak or labium used to inject prey with digestive enzymes and consume food.

In general appearance, they resemble common plant bugs (Miridae), but Anthocoridae differ by their possession of two ocelli as adults.

Orius insidiosus, the "insidious flower bug", for example, feeds on the eggs of the corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea).

Carayon, 1972 (sometimes placed at family level: "Lasiochilidae") Data sources: i = ITIS,[9] c = Catalogue of Life,[10] g = GBIF,[11] b = Bugguide.net[12][2][13]