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What gorgeous bug, please ? - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Copyright © 2011 Cathy Wilson

What gorgeous bug, please ? - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Toledo Botanic Garden, lucas County, Ohio, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: 11/2
On Wikipedia I discovered the following: . . .popular nickname given to the bug in Ohio is the walky bug, due to the slow and steady way it walks.
Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 27 July, 2011 - 4:37pm
Last updated 27 July, 2011 - 6:11pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2011 - 5:56pm

Western Conifer Seed Bug
Guide.
… John Stanard, 27 July, 2011 - 5:55pm

Please click on "edit"
and fix the date--unless, of course, you really took this photo in December 1969. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2011 - 5:53pm

 
Done!
And thanks so much!
… Cathy Wilson, 27 July, 2011 - 6:05pm

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