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For Halloween, how about a cousin of the Box Elder Bug dressing up in fancy orange pantaloons? This is a leaf-footed bug, Anisoscelis flavolineata, about an inch long. It and many relatives were all over a passion vine outside our lodge in Panama. Boo!
Absolutely gorgeous Coreid! Check out those legs! *wolf whistle*
Posted by: Jenn | 29 October 2005 at 07:46 PM
wow, what a beautifully marked critter. Gotta love those flashy legs, too cool!
Posted by: Cindy M. | 29 October 2005 at 11:36 PM
Back in the late 1960's I used to live in the Canal Zone
Cardenas Village
my father was an air traffic controler and transfered us down there for 3 years
it was great
but I wish I had done more exploring of the natural world down there!
StayAtHomeKat
Posted by: Kathleen | 30 October 2005 at 10:44 AM
What a beautiful, but ridiculous looking bug!
Posted by: Beth | 31 October 2005 at 10:04 AM
I found a suitable photographic substitute after all. Thank you, though, for calling my attention to the existence of these totally awesome creatures:
http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2005/11/the_best_spinel.html
Posted by: Sissy Willis | 01 November 2005 at 10:16 AM
What a beautiful insect. Those panataloons are something else!
Posted by: lene | 04 November 2005 at 10:09 PM