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Leaf-footed Bug (Piezogaster calcarator, male) with Biting Midges
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# Title Leaf-footed Bug (Piezogaster calcarator, male) with Biting Midges Description A male Leaf-footed Bug (Piezogaster calcarator) clings to a plant stem in a forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Three female Biting Midges (Forcipomyia sp.) are attached to the Leaf-footed Bug and are visibly engorged with the bug's hemolymph. This midge species is considered an ectoparasite (a parasite the lives outside the host's body). Location and Date Bent Creek Experimental Forest—North Carolina Arboretum near Asheville, North Carolina, USA 5/16/22 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate) Credit Mark Swanson / Swanson Media Camera/Source Nikon D7100 DSLR Lens AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Model/property releases available? Not applicable/Not applicable Keywords Leaf-footed Bug (Piezogaster calcarator), Genus Piezogaster, Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae), Leatherbugs (Superfamily Coreoidea), Infraorder Pentatomomorpha, True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera), True Bugs and Kin (Hemiptera), Class Insecta (Insects), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Genus Forcipomyia, Subfamily Forcipomyiinae, Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae), Flies (Diptera) |
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