# Is this a "kissing bug" ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 3, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316 "2015-12-03T16:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/1 "2015-12-03T16:14:32Z")
[pic here](http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k302/labtrash/2c86522c-3730-4ac4-a49e-fc6545e47102_zpsh3gpu7ej.jpg) Found in Georgetown, SC this morning (it’s dead) Body is appx 1.5 in. long Looks like one, but the huge back legs don’t seem to be in any photos I looked at online I still have the insect ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/2 "2015-12-03T17:28:12Z")
It looks like some species of leaf-footed bug to me. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/3 "2015-12-03T17:43:34Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It looks like some species of leaf-footed bug to me. +1 ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/4 "2015-12-03T17:53:27Z")
Interesting page. I would go for the canvas-wrap print. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/5 "2015-12-03T19:00:00Z")
Thought the thread would be about mono or such. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/6 "2015-12-03T19:06:23Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It looks like some species of leaf-footed bug to me. Yes, family Coreidae. Probably a member of the genus Acanthocephala, but I haven’t found an exact species match yet. [Acanthocephala terminalis](http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/images/museum_notes/Acater100a.jpg) [Acanthocephala declivus](http://bugguide.net/images/raw/TZQ/RCZ/TZQRCZ0RHH5RSH5RHH4R1LPRHHIZHHGRCLMZKHIRDZZZYZXRTZXRTZXRFZQR2LHZTZQRULXZQH6RRH.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/7 "2015-12-04T04:01:04Z")
It looks like what we used to call a stink bug. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/8 "2015-12-04T04:13:47Z")
> [@Oddball\_92](#): > > It looks like what we used to call a stink bug. Stink bugs are a member of the same order, Hemiptera, but a different family, Pentastomidae. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-kissing-bug/739316/9 "2015-12-04T04:23:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Yes, family Coreidae. Probably a member of the genus Acanthocephala, but I haven’t found an exact species match yet. > > [Acanthocephala terminalis](http://www.uark.edu/ua/arthmuse/images/museum_notes/Acater100a.jpg) > [Acanthocephala declivus](http://bugguide.net/images/raw/TZQ/RCZ/TZQRCZ0RHH5RSH5RHH4R1LPRHHIZHHGRCLMZKHIRDZZZYZXRTZXRTZXRFZQR2LHZTZQRULXZQH6RRH.jpg) After reviewing information, I’m going to go with _Acanthocephala declivus,_ the Giant Leaf-footed Bug. It has something odd going on with its back just below the head, but overall it seems to match very well.