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Brown bug with leaf design on it's legs - female

Brown bug with leaf design on it's legs - Female
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, USA
July 14, 2018
Size: Medium
is Brown, seems to fly short distances, has leaf design on it's back legs. caught mating and egg laying on my sunflowers. Lots of them.I say female as in one of the picks it is laying eggs. How do you tell the males and females apart?

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Brown bug with leaf design on it's legs - female Brown bug with leaf design on it's legs - female Brown bug with leaf design on it's legs - female

Frassed
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Leptoglossus sp
Its markings are rather faded, so I'm not sure which.

 
better markings
Hmm I have this other picture I thought I'd share that clearly shows the markings. But I'm not seeing how to attach it. I just added another picture to the original post.

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