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Giant leaf-footed bug My mother and I where walking near from home and I saw this Acanthocephala declivis, I took some pictures, thank you Claire Hamilton for your comments, they help me to find the name from the bug, there are in different colors, this is like silver, the one on the picture from Wikipedia is brown, but as you said before, there are many kinds, regards! Acanthocephala declivis,Geotagged,Mexico Click/tap to enlarge

Giant leaf-footed bug

My mother and I where walking near from home and I saw this Acanthocephala declivis, I took some pictures, thank you Claire Hamilton for your comments, they help me to find the name from the bug, there are in different colors, this is like silver, the one on the picture from Wikipedia is brown, but as you said before, there are many kinds, regards!

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    I would love to know what species this is, it looks like it is made of metal, incredible! Posted 11 years ago
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    Claire Hamilton
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    Best I can do is one of the leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae) possibly either Leptoglossus or Acanthocephala but there are so many of them and Wiki does not help much. I will have another look when I have a bit more time. Love this one! Posted 11 years ago
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    Nice, well done Enrique! Posted 11 years ago
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    WildFlower
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    I don't think so... This is more likely Acanthocephala declivis. As you say, Leptoglossus occidentalis is brown with a different pattern.
    http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~sjtaylor/coreidae/coreidae.html
    http://www.floridanature.org/species.asp?species=acanthocephala_declivis
    http://www.austinbug.com/coreidae.html
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/37374/bgimage     Posted 11 years ago

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The Giant leaf-footed bug

"Acanthocephala declivis" is a species of North American true bugs with a range from the southern United States to Guatemala and some Caribbean islands.

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Similar species: True Bugs
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Uploaded May 27, 2014. Captured May 27, 2014 13:20 in Enramada 32, Alamos 3a Sección, 76160 Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
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  • COOLPIX L16
  • f/4.7
  • 1/250s
  • ISO644
  • 17.1mm

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