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A guide to the Ecdysozoa: Insecta: Hemiptera (true bugs) of Austin and Travis County; USA

This is a guide to the true bugs (Phylum Hexapoda, Order Hemiptera) of Austin and Travis County, TX.

This includes the following groups: planthoppers, cicadas, leafhopper, spittle bugs, shield bugs, assassin bugs, stink bugs, etc.

Oak Treehopper 1
Platycotis vittata
Wheel Bug 2
Arilus cristatus
Eastern Boxelder Bug 3
Boisea trivittata
Black Stink Bug 4
Proxys punctulatus
Large Milkweed Bug 4
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Meadow spittlebug 5
Philaenus spumarius
Harlequin Bug 6
Murgantia histrionica
Common Water Strider 7
Aquarius remigis
Cottony cushion scale 8
Icerya purchasi
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug 9
Leptoglossus phyllopus
Acanthocephala terminalis 10
Small Milkweed Bug 11
Lygaeus kalmii
Ormenoides venusta 12
Largus Bug 13
Largus succinctus
Mexican Bordered Plant Bug 14
Largus maculatus
Common Bed Bug 15
Cimex lectularius
Oleander Aphid 16
Aphis nerii
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug 17
Halyomorpha halys
Ringed Assassin Bug 18
Pselliopus cinctus
Orange Assassin Bug 19
Pselliopus barberi
Twice-stabbed Stink Bug 20
Cosmopepla lintneriana
Keeled Treehopper 21
Entylia carinata
Tarnished Plant Bug 4
Lygus lineolaris
Redcoat Seed Bug 22
Melanopleurus belfragei
Green Cone-headed Planthopper 23
Acanalonia conica
Giant Leaf-footed Bug 24
Acanthocephala declivis
Phymata americana coloradensis 25
Jagged Ambush Bug 26
Phymata americana
Helmeted Squash Bug 27
Euthochtha galeator
Charcoal Seed Bug 4
Melacoryphus lateralis
Florida Leaf-footed Bug 28
Acanthocephala femorata
Citrus Flatid Planthopper 29
Metcalfa pruinosa
Four-lined Plant Bug 4
Poecilocapsus lineatus
Two-lined Spittlebug 4
Prosapia bicincta
Elf Shoe Stink Bug 30
Menecles insertus
Red-shouldered Bug 22
Jadera haematoloma
Cyrtolobus tuberosus 31
Alydus eurinus 32
Pale Green Assassin Bug 33
Zelus luridus
Southeastern Grass Leafhopper 34
Cuerna costalis
Broad-headed Sharpshooter 4
Oncometopia orbona
Hyaline Grass Bug 35
Liorhyssus hyalinus
Versute Sharpshooter 36
Graphocephala versuta
Mormidea lugens 37
Leptoglossus oppositus 38
Black-faced Leafhopper 20
Graminella nigrifrons
Milkweed Assassin Bug 39
Zelus longipes
Spined Assassin Bug 10
Sinea diadema
Speckled Sharpshooter 37
Paraulacizes irrorata
Southern Green Stink Bug 40
Nezara viridula
Spined Soldier Bug 41
Podisus maculiventris
Protenor belfragei 42
Long-necked Seed Bug 43
Myodocha serripes
Yellow-striped Leafhopper 4
Sibovia occatoria
Squash Bug 18
Anasa tristis
Eriococcus lagerstroemiae 44
Glossonotus acuminatus 37
Cowpea Aphid 45
Aphis craccivora
Brown Stink Bug 46
Euschistus servus
Sharp-headed Sharpshooter 32
Draeculacephala zeae
Delphacodes puella 4
Broken-backed Bug 4
Taylorilygus apicalis
Two-lined Burrowing Bug 47
Pangaeus bilineatus
Bagrada Bug 48
Bagrada hilaris
Neopamera bilobata
Poblicia fuliginosa 4
Leptoglossus zonatus 49
Western Leaf-footed Bug 50
Leptoglossus clypealis
Leptoglossus brevirostris 51
Rasahus biguttatus 52
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter 53
Homalodisca vitripennis
Trichopepla semivittata 54
Dusky Stink Bug 55
Euschistus tristigmus
Apiomerus spissipes 56
true cochineal bug 57
Dactylopius coccus
Nabis 37
Potato Leafhopper 58
Empoasca fabae
Diamondback Spittlebug 59
Lepyronia quadrangularis
Uhler's Giant Water Bug 60
Lethocerus uhleri
Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper 4
Agallia quadripunctata
Balclutha neglecta 31
Cactus Coreid 4
Chelinidea vittiger
Three-banded Leafhopper 12
Erythroneura tricincta
Gray Lawn Leafhopper
Exitianus exitiosus
Idiocerus nervatus 61
Hill-Prairie Spittlebug 31
Lepyronia gibbosa
Norvellina chenopodii 62
Norvellina seminuda 47
Paraphlepsius collitus 12
Bespeckled Leafhopper 31
Paraphlepsius irroratus
Ponana puncticollis 37
Ponana quadralaba 63
Rhynchomitra microrhina 31
Tylozygus bifidus 4
Green winged cicada 64
Diceroprocta vitripennis
Diceroprocta eugraphica 65
Diceroprocta azteca
Little mesquite cicada 66
Pacarina puella
Leafhopper Assassin Bug 45
Zelus renardii
Catorhintha selector

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