Identification
Cranshaw
(1) has an image of eggs laid end to end along a pine needle.
Adults are brown with a thin zig-zag mark across the back (confined to veins). Outer hind tibial dilation* distinctly longer than inner hind tibial dilation.
*the leaf on the lowert part of the hind leg
Range
NY south to FL, west to MO, southwest to TX.
Food
Commonly damaging to pine seeds in the southern US
(1)See Also
Western Conifer Seed Bug is similar but more brightly colored, with leaflike projections on hind legs approximately meeting, rather than inner projection noticably shorter.
Internet References
Forestpests.org shows several life stages, including eggs.
Pine leaf-footed bug article regarding home invasion by this species in NJ
The Great Lakes Entomologist with a key to species of
Leptoglossus
