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Leaf-footed bug

Acanthocephala terminalis

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Description:

This plant-feeding species of insect equipped with hypodermic-like proboscis which is used to inject plants with tissue-dissolving saliva and then suck out the resulting "slurry."

It also has leaf-like shapes on the tibia and femora (which lend this insect its name).

Habitat:

Perching in a Japanese maple tree in my overgrown back yard before a rainstorm.

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