I found this cool bug crawling through my yard near Ft. Lauderdale, was wondering what it is...
It's about an inch long
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Please help ID this critter
El_Duderino
Aug 03, 2007 02:02 AM
Replies (2)
wolfpackh
Aug 07, 2007 02:38 PM
looks like a bee assassin--never the less, it is an assassin bug of some sort
El_Duderino
Aug 07, 2007 11:03 PM
Spartocera fusca...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/41201/bgpage
http://tinyurl.com/2mkoyy
Kingdom: Animalia -- Animal, animals, animaux
Phylum: Arthropoda -- arthropodes, arthropods, Artrópode
Subphylum: Hexapoda -- hexapods
Class: Insecta -- hexapoda, insectes, insects, inseto
Subclass: Pterygota -- insects ailés, winged insects
Infraclass: Neoptera -- modern, wing-folding insects
Order: Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 -- hemipterans, true bugs
Suborder: Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 -- barbeiro, maria fedida, percevejo, true bugs
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Coreidae Leach, 1815 -- leaf-footed bugs
Subfamily: Coreinae Leach, 1815
Tribe: Spartocerini Amyot and Serville, 1843
Genus: Spartocera Laporte, 1833
Species: Spartocera fusca (Thunberg, 1783)
Summary: Thirty-three genera and 120 species of Hemiptera, family Coreidae (commonly called the squash bug family), are known to occur in the United States and Canada. Almost the entire Florida fauna occurs above the ground both in the nymph and adult stage. They are predominantly sap suckers on stems and fruits. The variation of feeding habits causes some species to become destructive to specific crops. The most injurious species appear to be the squash bug Amasa tristis (which is frequently a serious pest on cultivated cucurbits), other species damage early varieties of citrus including tangerine and oranges.
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