Leaf-footed Bug
Acanthocoris scabrator
Adults inhabit shrubs, crop plants, and weedy edges where they walk over foliage and fly short distances between host plants. They feed on plant sap, especially from tender shoots, fruits, and seeds, using a long piercing beak. For defense, they release a strong-smelling chemical from scent glands and may take flight when threatened. Their broadened hind tibiae give the group its leaf-footed name and help break up the body outline among vegetation.
- Type
- Venom
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- ?
- Leaf-footed Bug