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Mesquite Bug Nymphs

Thasus acutangulus

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Leaf-footed Bug Nymphs
Thasus acutangulus Thasus acutangulus nymphs, Estación Biológica La Selva, Costa Rica | Flickr - Photo Sharing!


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11 Comments

sanmiggums
sanmiggums 11 years ago

Looks like an assassin bug

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful series! I love all the photos, but it must have been a incredible sight to see so many of them together (photo #2)!

Carol Milne
Carol Milne 11 years ago

Very cool and colorful!

tmvdh
tmvdh 11 years ago

Hi Matthew,
GREAT series!

Milind Mangare
Milind Mangare 11 years ago

excellent macro

Telse
Telse 11 years ago

Beautiful.Beautiful!

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Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Nice and colorful series!

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Your first picture is awesome. Amazing colors and shapes

dpoc79
dpoc79 11 years ago

Awesome!!!

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 11 years ago

Thank you, Bayucca....

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bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Coreidae, Coreinae, Nematopodini, Thasus acutangulus. It is not the same as Thasus neocalifornicus, the Giant Mesquite Bug from US! So I would call him correctly Leaf-footed Bug.

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MatthewKritzer
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MatthewKritzer

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Dec 28, 2012
Submitted on Dec 28, 2012

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