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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 » Acanthocephala femorata
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Large bug on sunflower - Acanthocephala femorata
Copyright © 2009 Lauren Peeler Brice 2009

Large bug on sunflower - Acanthocephala femorata
St. John's County, FL St. John's County Agricultural Center Master Gardens, St. John's County, Florida, USA
April 25, 2009
Size: ~1.5" w/o anten.
Taken just after sunrise. I think this is a leaffooted bug drinking or drying off from the dew. ID help much appreciated.
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Contributed by Lauren Brice on 4 May, 2009 - 10:22pm
Last updated 18 April, 2011 - 11:57am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-footed Bugs.
… drswanny, 18 April, 2011 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 8 June, 2009 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Thank you
That looks exactly like it.
… Lauren Brice, 4 May, 2009 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
This is a Leaffooted Bug and I believe it is Acanthocephala femorata.

… Ron M., 4 May, 2009 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

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