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Leaf Footed Bug

Acanthocephala terminalis

Photo by KartikDoshi
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Field Notes

Description:

Found this interesting bug on hibiscus leaf in my garden.
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Notes:

A number of different species under the name, its a Leaf-footed Bug or also Squash Bug (as it is a pest of squash plants and cucurbits)

-Reference mentioned in the respective place.

Reference Links:

Coreidae, Family Coreidae - Leaf-footed Bugs - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf footed bug

Family: Coreidae
Sergio Monteiro
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punaise (This is what the french call it).

punaise
Simon Stock
1

Comments (1)
KartikDoshi
Thanks this does look like belonging to Family: Coreidae, but many species under the family. Thnks and yes English for Punaise is Bug :)
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PublishedJuly 18, 2012

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