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Leaf-Footed Bug (nymphs)
Phthiacnemia picta
26.18, -98.3668
Field Notes
Description:
Phthiacnemia picta is a leaf-footed bug that doesn't have leg flanges. These are all nymphs showing varying degrees of development. The orange pattern is variable.
Habitat:
Spotted on a low lying plant with large leaves in a butterfly garden at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas.
Notes:
Found from Southern U.S. to Argentina. According to BugGuide: hosts: Solanum nigrum, sometimes other Solanaceae.
Reference Links:
Leaf-Footed Bugs - Phthiacnemia picta - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 7, 2020
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