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Texas Green Six-Legged Bug with Butterfly-Like Wings - Neotibicen superbus
Copyright © 2017 Alix

Texas Green Six-Legged Bug with Butterfly-Like Wings - Neotibicen superbus
Houston, Texas, USA
August 12, 2017
Size: 3-4 Centimeters
It looks like a prehistoric cross of a Brachyura and a Rhopalocera. Wings are transparent. Half the body is green and the second half is light brown, the bottom part of the body appears to be white. Big black eyes. Green part looks velveted. Six legs.
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Contributed by Alix on 12 August, 2017 - 11:56am
Last updated 21 January, 2018 - 9:58am

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Moved
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Cicada
Male Neotibicen superbus.
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