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plant bug - Leptopterna dolabrata
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

plant bug - Leptopterna dolabrata
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 8, 2008
This plant bug looks like Leptopterna dolabrata. Is there any explanation for the color difference in the legs of these insects? Some of the ones shown have very dark to black legs but others have light-colored legs such as the one above. (Too much time on my hands at this time...so I come up with these questions.) For example: and
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 9 January, 2009 - 12:19pm
Last updated 12 December, 2010 - 6:18pm

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… Ilona L., 9 January, 2009 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

I think the color of the legs follows that of the body.
^^ There was no explanation in the materials i have.
… WonGun Kim, 9 January, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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