Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Please help me confirm identification, 1 by bmorte

bmorte wrote:
I believe that this is a leaf footed bug as opposed to an assassin or wheeler bug. I am confused by the coloration, though. I have not found one that looks exactly like this online. I live in North Texas and the are thousands of them in my yard and many of them are stuck back-to-back in copulation. Last year I had help in identifying some small red bugs on a leaf and was told that they were the nymph stage of the leaf footed bug, although I cannot be certain that the two are related. Thanks for your help, Beth