#4184 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Eastern Leaf-footed Bug

Leptoglossus phyllopus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Leptoglossus phyllopus or Eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug ( L. occidentalis . The Eastern leaf-footed bug is found throughout the southern United States, from Florida to California, through Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,756iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,756 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).