Oct 12, 2013
Amazonian Leaf-footed Bug (Diactor bilenatus)
...A species of leaf-footed bug that occurs throughout South America, parts of Central America, and some Caribbean Islands. Like all coreids D. bilenatus is a herbivore and likely feeds on a wide variety of plant species. When threatened it probably is able to release a unpleasant odor to deter potential predators, like other coreids.
Classification
Animalia-Athropoda-Insecta-Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Coreoidea-Coreidae-Diactor-D.bilineatus
Images: Linaldo Cardoso and Geoff Callice