Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea

Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)

Tribe Largini

Genus Largus

 

October 8, 2022; Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida. Found while cleaning the roof gutters. I often find nymphs on our potted plants in late summer. (The stone background is basalt from Mt. Hood, Oregon.)

 

Canon D5M3; MPE-65; Wemacro rail: Helicon Focus.

 

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