Leaf-Footed Bug, <em>Leptoscelis Tricolor</em> (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Leaf-Footed Bug, <em>Leptoscelis Tricolor</em>

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Male, leaf-footed bugs, Leptoscelis tricolor, with wings open as in flight. Ummat Somjee, Tupper post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute studies the hidden metabolic cost of maintaining weapons like the large, spiny hind legs of these insects.

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Ummat Somjee

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