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Flag Footed Bug

Anisocelis flavolineata

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Field Notes

Description:

It uses its "Flag" legs to cheat any possible threat into believing that these apendix are the real body. You often find specimens missing one leg.

Notes:

The last time I saw one of these I could only get one shot, this time I found a really cooperative model!

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PublishedJuly 31, 2014

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