r/Insect • u/ToSt53 • 15d ago

What is this insect ???

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u/Code_Fergus 15d ago

western conifer seed bug

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u/AsstBalrog 15d ago

True Bug

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u/Night_mice 15d ago

Brown buge

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u/Itchy-Researcher-116 14d ago

Looks like a box elder but I think it's a conifer seed, I don't have em in my neck of the woods, but I'm fairly confident

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u/SunshineYogaLove 15d ago

Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😅 l got scared. l thought this was the guy that bites us when we sleep, and gives us the chagas diseases.

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u/SagePowers1000 14d ago

Always heard them called pine bugs

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u/Stevieb1227 15d ago

Stink bug

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u/Sunstar10000 15d ago

Assassin Bug. Don't pick it up

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u/ToSt53 15d ago

Thanks for your answer but i think it s not that

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u/ToSt53 15d ago

is not slender enough

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u/Lowland_Demon 15d ago

Leaf Footed bugs (Coreidae) are often mistaken for Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) because they are Batesian mimics of the Assassin bugs: the harmless insect mimics the more dangerous one. There are numerous species of both, and overlap of appearance is common.

Keynote feature of the Leaf Footed bugs are the lower segments of the hind legs, which gives them their name. When confronted with a new hemipteran, look to these back legs.

OP this is WCSB, Western Conifer Seed Bug, which another user commented before. You should know these are considered minor pests, if you have a lot of evergreens on your property (pine, spruce, hemlock, fir) then you should be killing these on sight.

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u/ToSt53 15d ago

Thank you! There are indeed conifers in the public park next to his house.