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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 Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus clypealis)
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Squash Bug?? - Leptoglossus clypealis
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Squash Bug?? - Leptoglossus clypealis
Skull Valley, AZ, USA (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
August 19, 2006
Commonly found on Squash plants in garden.

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 21 January, 2007 - 4:04pm
Last updated 22 January, 2007 - 7:55am

can be frassed
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… v belov, 17 November, 2008 - 4:18am login or register to post comments

 
Why frass?
Group shot not common in our images, species not over-represented in guide - I say keep it.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 17 November, 2008 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

Looks like this leaffooted bug:
See:
… Ron Hemberger, 21 January, 2007 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Close, note the difference in
Close, note the difference in the cross stripe!
… Robert L. Pearson, 21 January, 2007 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
Hope you get an ID on this. I'm always amazed at how sometimes a slight difference in marking means a different species, when other times there are huge variations in the same species.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 January, 2007 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Leptoglossus adults are fairly consistent
although the full complement of identifying marks are not always visible.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 January, 2007 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

 
You're right
it's not Leptoglossus phyloppus - I think it is most likely L. clypealis (below). If you have a full-size image to zoom in on you might be able to make out the point between the antennae (see info page). The stripe and shallow scallops on the legs are a good fit.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 January, 2007 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Clypeus
Thanks, I didn't know to look for that nose projection. BobP
… Robert L. Pearson, 21 January, 2007 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

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