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Photo by Rock35
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Field Notes

Description:

About 6 cm long, color black, one horizontal white line over the back, hind legs with a structure that looks as leaf, Hemiptera.

Habitat:

Garden of a house.

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf-footed bug

Leptoglossus phyllopus

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LivanEscudero
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Leaf-footed bug

Family Coreidae

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Sergio Monteiro
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Comments (2)
bayucca
Leptoglossus for sure, but I am not sure if Phyllopus is really found in Costa Rica. There are many other species there.
LivanEscudero
Following up on asergio's ID, the very straight white line tell me it's Leptoglossus phyllopus, that is I'm assuming it occurs in Costa Rica. But since it is a southern US bug (also south west) it probably does extend throughout Central Amer.

Spotted for Missions

Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica

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PublishedSeptember 17, 2012

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