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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Acanthocephalini » Acanthocephala
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unknown bug nymph - Acanthocephala
Copyright © 2008 Anthony Gould

unknown bug nymph - Acanthocephala
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: ~6.5mm
Found four of these together. The body appears assassin bug like, but the forelegs don't look right to me.
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Contributed by Anthony Gould on 18 July, 2008 - 5:49pm
Last updated 10 September, 2014 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from not yet identified nymphs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 September, 2014 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaffooted Bugs.
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 November, 2008 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 22 July, 2008 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

Coreid - maybe Acanthocephala
It's a gorgeous picture, by the way - wish I had it in original resolution for my desktop. I think I see long straw-like mouth parts rather than the shorter, stabbing mouth parts that assassin bugs have. I think it looks like some of the nymphs under Acanthocephala:
… joot, 18 July, 2008 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Looks like you're correct.
… Anthony Gould, 4 September, 2008 - 2:01pm login or register to post comments

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