It is the only Acanthocephala known north of North Carolina and Oklahoma.
(Acanthocephala commonly make their way indoors in the fall…) It was identified as Acanthocephala terminalis using Kauffman’s Guide to North American Insects, and the identification was confirmed by the geographic distribution of the species. This insect presented itself in her house twice in a few days. The specimen was captured after the Master Prover found it in her home in Boston MA in November 2010. It is also a pheromone in many insect species. It is one of the major volatile compounds in ripe tomatoes. cis-3-Hexenal, also known as (Z)-3-hexenal and leaf aldehyde, is colorless liquid and an aroma compound with an intense grassy-green odor of freshly cut green grass and leaves. When handled or molested, they often give off a strong and sometimes unpleasant odor, a defensive secretion of the thoracic glands the active compounds are mostly straight-chain aldehydes and ketones. Their range includes eastern US and southern Ontario west to Colorado and Texas. Eggs are produced in late spring and early summer. The bugs have been frequently observed on bird droppings, and laboratory studies suggest they probe the droppings with their mouth parts, but it is not known whether or not they actually ingest any of the material. Favored host plants include hickory, goldenrod, boneset, and Joe-Pye weed. “ Īcanthocephala are a common species found on many trees and shrubs along woodland margins and meadows. Bugs cannot ingest solid food, and widespread damage to the plant is a result of these liquefying enzymes. They do not simply "suck out sap" they inject a tissue-dissolving saliva and vacuum out the resulting slurry. “Like all true bugs, the adults are equipped with a beak, or rostrum, a hypodermic needle-like device carried under the head, which it uses to pierce the plant tissue and suck out liquids. These insects have a distinctive proboscis, a “hypodermic-like” beak. Many occur on an astonishing variety of plants, while some are restricted to a single host, such as the squash bug, known for its destructive feeding on cucurbitaceae. Some Coreids live in leaf litter, but most nymphs and adults live above ground on their host plants where they may feed on seeds, fruits, stems or leaves. The Latin name Acanthocephala means “spiny head.”Īll species of Coreidae are plant-feeders. They have four-segmented antennae, large compound eyes and one pair of ocelli, or simple eyes. Leaf footed bugs are named for the leaf-like expansions of the hind tibia and femora. Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)Īlso known as: leaf-footed bug, squash bug, clown bug, tip-wilterĪcanthocephala or Leaf footed Bugs are distinctive, nearly inch-long stately insects in the Coreidae family.
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