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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Acanthocephalini » Acanthocephala » Acanthocephala declivis
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assasin bug? - Acanthocephala declivis
Copyright © 2005 Bill DuPree

assasin bug? - Acanthocephala declivis
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
June 16, 2005
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 18 June, 2005 - 9:33pm
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 7:02am

Moved
Moved from not yet identified nymphs.
… Boris Büche, 28 February, 2008 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

Acanthocephala declivis
Early instar. This is the most elegant of the Acanthocephala nymphs I've seen (A. declivis, A. terminalis, and A. femorata) - they start out very red and black, and will turn more "dusty" looking as they age.
… Valerie G. Bugh, 27 February, 2008 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaffooted Bugs.
… Boris Büche, 11 April, 2007 - 5:38am login or register to post comments

What genus
has all its legs widened? Or is this just a characteristic of Coreid nymphs in general such as ??
… john and jane balaban, 19 June, 2005 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Excellent question
And I don't know.
… Jim McClarin, 19 June, 2005 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Leaf-footed bug nymph
is my guess, based on those widened hind legs.
… Jim McClarin, 19 June, 2005 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

 
Leaf-footed bug nymph
Thanks!
… Bill DuPree, 19 June, 2005 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

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