Leaf-footed Bug

Coreidae, Coreinae, Anisoscelini, Narnia femorata. http://thingsbiological.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/cactus-bugs-narnia-femorata/ http://bugguide.net/node/view/297375/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/264517/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/146808/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/479034/bgimage?from=0

Hi Joshua - I don't have a full species ID for you, but I do think that your insect is a "Leaf-footed Bug" belonging to the genus "Acanthocephala". You can write that as "Acanthocephala sp." if you don't find a full ID. Also, here's a website with some pictures of agave bugs, leaf-footed bugs, and assassin bugs to help you separate between them if you find more similar bugs. http://colinlmiller.com/wildlife/hemiptera/hemiptera_leaffooted.htm You might also consider adding this picture to the mission "True Bugs of California and its Neighboring States". Leaf-footed bugs are true bugs (hemiptera with sucking mouthparts) so it qualifies for that mission. "http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/132516012"