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unknown, seen 22 Mar 2021 - Leptoglossus occidentalis
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unknown, seen 22 Mar 2021 - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
March 22, 2021
Size: est. 1 inch
Found on sidewalk on residential street. Moved slowly across sidewalk with wings closed, opened wings when climbing up a pipe. Estimated body length 1 inch, excluding antennae. Temp in the low 60s F, the 2nd warm day of the season. Photographed with wings open and closed.

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unknown, seen 22 Mar 2021 - Leptoglossus occidentalis unknown, seen 22 Mar 2021 - Leptoglossus occidentalis
Contributed by johannakovitz on 22 March, 2021 - 6:41pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Western Conifer Seed Bug.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 March, 2021 - 7:31pm

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