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tx_flower_child

Mar 20, 2018 10:08 PM CST

Name: tfc
North Central TX (Zone 8a)

Saw this outside my back door. Anyone know what it is?

Thanks.

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Zencat

Mar 20, 2018 11:37 PM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

An assassin bug of some kind, I think.

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BigBill

Mar 20, 2018 11:40 PM CST

Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
GROW ORCHIDS!!!

I think it is some type of "stink bug". Yes, that is what they are collectively know as.
They have that characteristic 'shield shape' and a pointed snout.?

Every day God gives me is just a true blessing!!!

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tx_flower_child

Mar 20, 2018 11:43 PM CST

Name: tfc
North Central TX (Zone 8a)

I think assassin bugs are beneficial. But not by my door!

Let's see if anyone else has an answer.
(Bill — we cross posted. You type faster than I do. (Maybe even think faster.)

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sooby

Mar 21, 2018 5:08 AM CST

Name: Sue
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4b)

Leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus. I don't think it is Leptoglossus zonatus because it is missing the marks behind the head. Maybe L. clypealis?

L. zonatus showing the marks that are missing from the ID bug:
https://bugguide.net/node/view...

L. clypealis:
https://www.opsu.edu/Academics...

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