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MONDAY MYSTERY: 101308
We saw this mystery bug in Carlstadt last week, but I am told that it has been seen in the Celery Farm as well.
Can anyone help with an ID?
(Sorry for the late post.)
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…and on further research, it may narrow down to the “Western Conifer Seed Bug”. Here are a couple of links: http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/western_conifer_seed_bug.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoglossus_occidentalis
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Neato!
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Nice Hemipteran, one of the “leaf-footed bugs”. Here’s the one I shot at the CF: http://bioman10.blogspot.com/2008/09/now-thats-bugreally.html
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Tom Burr
…and on further research, it may narrow down to the “Western Conifer Seed Bug”. Here are a couple of links: http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/western_conifer_seed_bug.htm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoglossus_occidentalis
Deedee Burnside
Neato!
Tom Burr
Nice Hemipteran, one of the “leaf-footed bugs”. Here’s the one I shot at the CF: http://bioman10.blogspot.com/2008/09/now-thats-bugreally.html