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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 » Leptoglossus oppositus
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Leaf footed bug? - Leptoglossus oppositus
Copyright © 2022 Tristan Gabriel Cooper

Leaf footed bug? - Leptoglossus oppositus
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 14, 2022
Size: 1.5 cm
I noticed that the hind legs look bigger and stronger than the front limbs, with distinct and interesting “flares” on the lower section of the legs

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Leaf footed bug? - Leptoglossus oppositus Leaf footed bug? - Leptoglossus oppositus
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Contributed by Tristan Gabriel Cooper on 1 November, 2022 - 6:04pm

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Moved from ID Request.

Leptoglossus oppositus.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 November, 2022 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

Doomed
The white speck on the bug's head is the egg of a tachinid fly, likely Trichopoda. When the egg hatches, the larva will eat the bug from the inside out before emerging from the husk to pupate.
… Hexapoda, 1 November, 2022 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

 
tachinid egg
Thank you for this interesting bit of information!

Tristan Cooper
… Tristan Gabriel Cooper, 10 November, 2022 - 9:11pm login or register to post comments

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