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Dark Piglet - Fitchiella melichari - female

Dark Piglet - Fitchiella melichari - Female
Santa Paula area, Toland Park, Ventura County, California, USA
February 23, 2010
Size: 4 mm
The flanged front shins suggest this genus. Behold the proverbial odd bug.

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Dark Piglet - Fitchiella melichari - female Dark Piglet - Fitchiella melichari - female

Moved
Moved from Fitchiella.

Moved
Moved from Caliscelis.

Awesome find, Andy!
I confess... I'm a little jealous. The odder the insect, the more I tend to like them. :-)

 
Oddities
Thanks for the kudos. I find that when I come across the most bizarrely constructed insects, they tend to turn out to be either fulgorids or limacodids.

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