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KWIK-KEY

(for immature or wingless adult insects)

Answer for Your Specimen:

Where does the proboscis attach to the head?

1. Front of head, often curving down and back

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Order Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera)

2. Back of head, near front legs

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Order: Hemiptera (suborder Homoptera)

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(Legs on thorax, stylate mouthparts page 3)