Re: Id this beetle?

Your insect is a Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae in the order Hemiptera, or
"True Bugs."  You can see the "leaf" on the left leg.  

Here is a photo of  <a
href=http://www.origins.tv/entomology/threebugs600a.jpg>3 different Leaf-footed
Bugs</a> from my yard (these are preserved specimens).  The one on the left is
very close to the species you photographed. There are very many species in this
group.

Just today I had another species climbing the wall of my house just before
dusk. This makes at least my <a
href=http://www.origins.tv/entomology/leaffooted400.jpg>4th species</a> in the
last month or so since I began photographing insects here in Maryland.

Bob Patterson
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