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Leaf Footed Bug? - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Copyright © 2011 Bob Webster

Leaf Footed Bug? - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Pryor (36°17.005'N, 95°19.48'W), Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
September 11, 2011
Size: 12mm
It was in a field of flowers near a pond.

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Leaf Footed Bug? - Leptoglossus phyllopus Leaf Footed Bug? - Leptoglossus phyllopus
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 11 September, 2011 - 10:47pm
Last updated 11 September, 2014 - 6:51am

Moved
Moved from not yet identified nymphs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 September, 2014 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-footed Bugs.
… v belov, 29 August, 2012 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2011 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 30 September, 2011 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Not Leptoglossus
Lacks tell-tale white zigzag of L. zonatus. Actually, looks more like something in Chondrocera.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 September, 2011 - 9:02am login or register to post comments

 
The white lines on...
...any Leaf-footed Bug aren't present until the wings have developed.

Also note the white bands on the distal tibiae. It also seems to fit L. zonatus.

I don't find where the antennea or the tibial expansions match Chondrocera but this specimen is still a nymph and those may change.
… Ron M., 14 September, 2011 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

I am thinking...
...Leptoglossus zonatus. I base this on the shape of the tibial expansion and the two spots on the pronotum. I wouldn't move it past genus until more opinions are offered.

Here is another example that has languished at genus for years:
… Ron M., 11 September, 2011 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

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