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Prickly Pear Bug

Chelinidea tabulata

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 12, February 11, March 13, April 25, May 20, June 13, July 12, August 11, September 16, October 9, November 11, December 11.
United States135
Texas135
Mexico78
Mexico15
Queretaro de Arteaga10
Guanajuato9
San Luis Potosi9
Jalisco6
Michoacan de Ocampo5
Nuevo Leon3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyLeaf-footed Bugs · Coreidae
GenusChelinidea

Sources

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