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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Anisoscelini » Leptoglossus » Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)
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Hemiptera with parasites - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Copyright © 2004 Beatriz Moisset

Hemiptera with parasites - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Peace Valley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 13, 2004
Is this bug a Coreidae? Any additional information would be appreciated. It seems to have three eggs or some other kind of parasite stuck on its head.
Close-up of the eggs

Southeastern PA
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 12 September, 2004 - 8:05pm
Last updated 18 December, 2018 - 3:02pm

Leaf-footed bug with Tachinid fly eggs
You are correct, this is a coreid, probably Leptoglossus occidentalis, the western conifer seed bug (expanding its range greatly). The white spots are the eggs of a tachinid fly, maybe Trichopoda sp.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 September, 2004 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Leptoglossus
Thanks Eric, this is very helpful.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 September, 2004 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

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