Bordered Plant Bugs

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Anyone taking a cursory look at a bordered plant bug (family Largidae) could easily mistake it for a beetle.

Like leaf beetles, most species of the family can be found on leaves. However, a close inspection of the wings shows no elytra. Unlike beetles, and similar to other members of the Hemiptera order, they have a beak-like appendage that they use to pierce leaves to suck the juices.

Many, but not all, of the species have a clearly defined border around the body.

© 2009. Patricia A. Michaels.