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Leaf-footed Bug

Diactor bilineatus

Photo by pamsai
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Species ID Suggestions

Leaf-footed Bug

Anisoscelis flavolineata

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Jacob Gorneau
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Leaf-footed Bug

Diactor bilineatus

Reference Link
Jacob Gorneau
1

Comments (27)
pamsai
hehehe, thanks Anne Marie...
pamsai
thanks friends for all the fav's!
pamsai
hahaha Mark... Well I can hardly manage 'semaphore'!
pamsai
thanks Mona,Larry and Toshimi. Wish you could have seen them moving about with those flags on their legs! Not easy to manage them...
pamsai
thanks Mark, bherath20, and Jarad
pamsai
thanks Reiko, Lauren, and tmvdh
Bhagya Herath
wow!!!! never saw something like this before great spotting....
Mark Ridgway
Great find Pam - strange bug but I like it :)
RiekoS
This is very special!
pamsai
hehehe, yes Leanne, hippy pants!
LeanneGardner
Wow Pam!! What a great find. Those are some fancy-pants legs :)
pamsai
Great, thanks Jakubko...
Jacob Gorneau
The one with the green is Diactor bilineatus, and the orange one with the whitish stripes is Anisoscelis sp., likely A. flavolineata.

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Insects of Costa Rica
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Life in Costa Rica
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PublishedJuly 20, 2013

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