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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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Last edited by tx_flower_child Mar 20, 2018 11:45 PM
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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stone
Mar 21, 2018 8:24 AM CST
Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)
Agree with leaf foot bug.
They show up in huge numbers, and ruin the maters.
Please visit my garden
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kousa
Mar 21, 2018 8:57 AM CST
Name: Karen
Southeast PA (Zone 6b)
Looks a lot like a stink bug as Bill pointed out. If you squash it, it will release a very pungent stinky odor. It is a bad bug, IMHO.
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