Subject: Piglet Bug, Bruchomorpha oculata, female.

Location: Upshur County, West Virginia

Stock Number: 06-41507

Comment: The length of this diminutive creature is a mere 3.8 mm, or 0.15 inches.

This unusual flightless insect is in the same Order as leafhoppers, cicadas, and aphids.

As for family, Piglet Bugs are sometimes included in the Issid Hopper family (Issidae) and sometimes in their own family, Caliscelidae.