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True Bug

True Bug

True bugs comprise cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs. They are characterized by sucking mouthparts, forewings hardened at base but membranous at ends. They keep their wings flat over their abdomen in an X shape or like a tent over their body at rest. Many feed on plants, but some are predacious or parasites. 

Stink Bug

Pentatomidae

Photo Credit: Punaise by Maxim Larrivée - Montreal Insectarium - Espace pour la vie, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission.

Stink bugs have an ovale body in a shield shape. The forwings form a X-shape at rest. They are plant feeders and have sucking mouthparts; they feed on a broad variety of fruits, vegetables, plants, and trees.

Aphid

Aphididae

Photo Credit: Puceron by Katja Schulz, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission.

Aphids are small and have a round body in a pear shape with 2 tubes at the end of the abdomen. They are voracious plant feeders.

Leafhopper

Cicadellidae

Photo Credit: Cicadelle by Katja Schulz, (n.d.). Licenced with Permission.

Leafhoppers are small and fold their wings in a tent shape over their body at rest. They have sucking mouthparts and feed on specific plants. 

(Description Source: Montreal Insectarium - Espace pour la vie)

 Main Photo Credit: Podisus sp. in Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada. by Ryan Hodnett, 2017. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Podisus_sp._-_Gatineau_Park,_Quebec_2016-09-22.jpg. Licenced with CC BY-SA 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.