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Field Notes

Description:

Dark in color, and about an inch long. Has red tips on it's antennas

Notes:

Seemed friendly and I held it for quite awhile and took several photos of it. When I was finished I said to it, "Thank you for letting me take pictures of you", and right then and there it flew off. LOL

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf-footed bug

Acanthocephala terminalis

Reference Link
Christine Y.
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Comments (2)
Liam
Leaffooted Bug. Possibly Orange-tipped. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7203097
ChunXingWong
A Twig Wilter, Coreidae family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coreidae

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Insects that live in Connecticut
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PublishedOctober 28, 2011

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