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Leptoscelis Leaf-footed Bug

Leptoscelis conspicuus

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

Taken with flash.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Adult heliconia bug
Leptoscelis tricolor Heliconia bug - Leptoscelis tricolor Westwood
bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago
Leptoscelis Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoscelis conspicuus http://www.scielo.org.mx/img/revistas/rmbiodiv/v83n1/a8f7.jpg


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9 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Yes, Mark, different x colors.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 8 years ago

A bug on a "livrée"! Very nice!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Wow don't be sorry bayucca... always better to get it right and learn.

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

OK Torsten, done !

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

Wow bayucca, and Mark's link looked just like mine, I thought ! But I had guessed it might be some sort of Leaf-footed bug... Learning slowly !

bayucca
bayucca 8 years ago

Coreidae, Coreinae, Anisoscelini, Leptoscelis conspicuus. Sorry, Mark it is the other one, a newly described Leptoscelis.

tmvdh
tmvdh 8 years ago

Hi Pam, could you please add it to the mission "Insects of Costa Rica"?

pamsai
pamsai 8 years ago

thanks Mark... that's a great link ! I have seen many of the nymphs around also.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 8 years ago

Coreidae

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

San José, San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on May 10, 2015
Submitted on May 20, 2015

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