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Genus Anasa - Squash Bugs

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Coreid with parasites - Anasa armigera Squash Bug nymph? - Anasa Squash Bug ? - adult - Anasa tristis Squash Bug ? - juv - Anasa Bug - Anasa armigera Stank - Anasa Squash Bug - Anasa Assassin, maybe? - Anasa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaffooted Bugs)
Genus Anasa (Squash Bugs)
Numbers
Nearctica lists six species. Arnett(1) agrees and says two species, A. armigera and A. tristis, are very common.
Internet References
University of Florida
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 October, 2005 - 1:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 6:52pm

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