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Common Leaf-footed Bug

Acanthocephala terminalis

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Field Notes

Description:

black with orange-tipped antenna and feet

Habitat:

farmland, found on autumn-olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf-footed Bug

Acanthocephala terminalis
Jacob Gorneau
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Comments (2)
Jacob Gorneau
I think this might rather be a bug in the Coreidae family instead of Reduviidae. Please verify, though I think the orange antennal tips are diagnostic. Great find!

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Mission
The Bug Chicks Sofa Safari
Photographed
PublishedOctober 15, 2013

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