Class: Hexapoda (animals with six legs - includes all insects)
Order: Hemiptera (true bugs)
hemi = half and ptera = wings (singular is pteron)
This name refers to the structure of the front wings of the adults which are usually divided - leathery at the front (i.e. closest to the head), membranous at the back.
(The front wings are visible in the photo.)
Family: Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)
The name refers to the leaf-like expansion of the hind leg.
Species: Narnia sp. (probably)
Common Name: leaf-footed bug (general)
Date: 2001 August 14
Place: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
along the Frijole Trail on Prickly Pear
I believe that the nymphs shown in the previous entry are the same species as the adults seen mating here. These adults have fully functional wings. Hemipterid insects have long tubular beaks with piercing sucking mouthparts which leave small puncture scars in plant material.
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