Leaffooted Bugs (Family Coreidae)

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Miscellaneous Invertebrates Page | Jeff's Nature Pages

Leaffooted Bugs are generally large (> 1cm), dark, and eat plant parts, although some are predaceous on other insects. They have many veins in the membranous portion of the forewings.
Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus) Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
On Carduus nutans in field in Orange Co., NC
29 May 2008


Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus) Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
On Carduus nutans in field in Brunswick Co., NC
27 Aug 20085


Acanthocephala declivus Leaffooted Bug (Acanthocephala declivus)
Brunswick Co., NC
29 Oct 2006

Identified from Bugguide.

Acanthocephala declivus Leaffooted Bug (Acanthocephala declivus)
Brunswick Co., NC
29 Oct 2006

Probably Merocoris typhaeus
Savannah in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009
Probably Merocoris typhaeus
Savannah in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009
Probably Merocoris typhaeus
Savannah in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009
Probably Merocoris typhaeus
Savannah in Pender Co., NC
13 Sep 2009


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