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Leaf Footed Bug

Posted by bugman November 7th, 2005 at 1:00 am

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Wheel Bug?
I was in Austin TX this summer and took a picture of a good reason that I don’t live there. This guy was on our hotel sliding glass door (the outside thankfully). From looking through the pages, and being a regular visitor to your site (which I love), I believe it is some sort of wheel bug or assassin bug, but it doesn’t have the serrated thingy on the back. Am I close? I also thought they were pretty good pictures. J Thanks for all your time and effort. It really is a great site and I have learned so much by visiting, which knowledge has had a direct relationship to the safety of critters in my home and garden.
Leah Woodard

Hi Leah,
Thanks for your nice letter. This isn’t a Wheel Bug, but a Leaf Footed Bug, genus Acanthocephala. They are also known as Coreid Bugs or Big Legged Bugs.

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