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True Bug - Anasa
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

True Bug - Anasa
Springfield, Virginia, USA
July 26, 2004
Some type of true bug. Is it an assassin bug? or something else? (They all look very similar to me!)
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 30 July, 2004 - 9:06pm
Last updated 28 October, 2005 - 1:33pm

Squash bug
This is a squash bug in the genus Anasa, family Coreidae. Hard to tell what species from a photo only, though A. armigera has a prominent spine on the first antennal segment. This one does not:-)
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