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Cactus Bug

Chelinidea vittiger

Photo by BlueAppaloosa
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Field Notes

Description:

A small, easy to miss bug. Dark colored with reddish "outline" and wing veins. Lives on prickly pear cactus, which is where this one was found.

Habitat:

open field, on prickly pear cactus

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Colorado Bug Club
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PublishedNovember 2, 2014

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