Leaf-footed Bug
Catorhintha sp.
Photographed in the Vekol Valley, Sonoran Desert National Monument, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. Sept. 2012.
Coreidae -- Leaf-footed Bug Family
Most coreid bugs focus their feeding on developing fruits and seeds. This one
was found feeding on developing seeds of Climbing Wortclub, Boerhavia scandens,
where it inserts it piercing-sucking mouthparts into the still tender fruits to
reach the seeds. Most leaf-footed bugs have a leaf-like expansion on the third
pair of legs; this genus is an exception.