True Bugs (Heteroptera)
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Order: True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera)
Suborder: True Bugs (Heteroptera)
Family: Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae)
Leaffooted Bug Acanthocephala terminalis
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Leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus clypealis
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Leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus oppositus
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Family: Burrowing Bugs (Cydnidae)
Burrowing Bug Pangaeus bilineatus
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White-margined Burrower Bug Sehirus cinctus
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Family: Water Striders (Gerridae)
Water Strider Gerris
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Family: Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae)
Small Milkweed Bug Lygaeus kalmii
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Small Milkweed Bug Lygaeus turcicus
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Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
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Family: Plant Bugs (Miridae)
Lygus bug Lygus
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Family: Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae)
Green Stink Bug Acrosternum hilare
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Tree Stink Bug Brochymena
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Stink Bug Euchistus ictericus
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Spined Stink Bug Podisus
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Family: Ambush Bugs (Phymatidae)
Jagged Ambush Bug Phymata
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Family: Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae)
Wheel Bug Arilus cristatus
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Spiny Assassin Bug Sinea spinipes
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Assassin Bug Zelus luridus
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Family: Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae)
Eastern Boxelder Bug Boisea trivittata
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