Species Anasa armigera

Classification · Size · Identification · Works Cited

Portrait of a Squash Bug - Anasa armigera

large assassin bug or pentatomid - Anasa armigera

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)

Species armigera (Anasa armigera)

Size

13-17 mm

Identification

"Similar to [the other very common Anasa species, Anasa tristis, but] spines of head very prominent; head without pale line; basal segment of antennae with large black dots. Found on wild cucumber, sometimes a pest on cultivated cucumbers."(1)

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 November, 2005 - 11:22am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 31 July, 2006 - 6:45pm

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