Leaf-footed Bug--defensive posture
Description:
Acanthocephala declivis--as I manipulated it on a craft foam stage, it would occasionally tilt one side of its body up in this fashion. I got a whiff and realized it was presenting its defensive scent gland to me. The inset shows full detail from the same frame. The odor was strongly aromatic, but not really unpleasant.
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- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
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- Neoptera
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- Heteroptera (true bugs)
- Pentatomomorpha
- Coreoidea
- Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)
- Acanthocephala
- Panarthropoda
- Acanthocephala declivis
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