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title: "Giant leaf-footed bug"
description: "Acanthocephala declivis — Owady i pająki. Acanthocephala declivis, the giant leaf-footed bug, is a species of North American true bug with a range from the southern United States to El Salvador and some Caribbean islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/giant-leaf-footed-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant leaf-footed bug

> Acanthocephala declivis — Owady i pająki. Acanthocephala declivis, the giant leaf-footed bug, is a species of North American true bug with a range from the southern United States to El Salvador and some Caribbean islands.

- Scientific name: *Acanthocephala declivis*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 24085
- Wikidata: [Q10398417](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10398417)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84994](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84994)

## Names

- en: Giant leaf-footed bug

## Countries with the most observations

US (21907), CA (5)

## Summary

Acanthocephala declivis, the giant leaf-footed bug, is a species of North American true bug with a range from the southern United States to El Salvador and some Caribbean islands.  It is the largest of this genus within this range, generally growing to be 28 to 34 mm (1.1 to 1.3 in) long. It can be distinguished from similar species by its much more broadly expanding pronotum, which extends much further than the abdomen, and the blunt tubercles on the midline of the anterior pronotal lobe, which is not present in other Acantla species within its range.

One specific characteristic about Acanthocephala declivis is…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthocephala_declivis

## Photo

![Giant leaf-footed bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-leaf-footed-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: kent ozment · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16209733

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-leaf-footed-bug?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).