Honeybee

Skip to page content

Up to Discussions in Bug forum

This Question is Answered

1 "correct" answer available (4 pts) 2 "helpful" answers available (2 pts)
2,262 Views 4 Replies Last post: Sep 6, 2010 8:18 PM by onehoserose RSS
onehoserose Beginner
onehoserose
2 posts since
Sep 5, 2010
Currently Being Moderated

Sep 5, 2010 6:09 PM

Identify please

Can you identify this insect please? It was on the outside of my window and I had to get it onto my hand to be photographed. Its body was about an inch long and varying shades of brown with silvery white neck, wings, and hind legs?
Attachments:
Tags: identify
Bird Wocha Master
Bird Wocha
88 posts since
Aug 30, 2010
Currently Being Moderated
Sep 5, 2010 9:54 PM in response to: onehoserose
Re: Identify please

Hi there, could it be a seed bug?

Scolopostethus puberulus

 


(Lygaeidae)

 

From Birdwocha

Bird Wocha Master
Bird Wocha
88 posts since
Aug 30, 2010
Currently Being Moderated
Sep 5, 2010 10:42 PM in response to: Bird Wocha
Re: Identify please

Or even better id possibility but more worryingly.... check out, Western Conifer Seed Bug

 

Birdwocha

Jonathan Michaelson Master
Jonathan Michaelson
148 posts since
Sep 15, 2009
Currently Being Moderated
Sep 5, 2010 11:04 PM in response to: Bird Wocha
Re: Identify please

It is a bug, but is Leptoglossus occidentalis - Western Conifer Seed Bug. It's an introduced species from the USA:

http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/leptoglossus_occidentalis.html 

onehoserose Beginner
onehoserose
2 posts since
Sep 5, 2010
Currently Being Moderated
Sep 6, 2010 9:00 PM in response to: onehoserose
Re: Identify please
Thanks guys, very helpful. Is this bug causing a problem or danger to any of our native species?

More like this

  • Retrieving data ...

Bookmarked by (0)