Leaf-footed bug

Great name, right? That’s the official common name for this “true bug” (order Hemiptera and family Coreidae); this species is “Leptoglossus oppositus”. Photographed on campus (37°42'58.72"N, 89°13'11.23"W) on the windshield of my car (as I recall) with my point-and-shoot camera.

A comment on my BugGuide submission is “Has a few tachinid egg head souvenirs.” The leaf-footed bug may be the ultimate host when the eggs hatch. From another BugGuide page about the Tachinid family, http://bugguide.net/node/view/197 —
“Larval stages are parasitoids of other arthropods… Most tachinids deposit their eggs directly on the body of their host… Upon hatching the larva usually burrows into its host and feeds internally. Full-grown larva leaves the host and pupates nearby. Some tachinids lay their eggs on foliage; the larvae are flattened and are called planidia; they remain on the foliage until they find a suitable host.”

Confirmed at BugGuide as “Leptoglossus oppositus”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/988654

Species page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/11017

1 year ago (“Summer Azure”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-09
2 years ago (“Painted Lady (corrected)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-09
3 years ago (“It's more fun looking out the window with you.”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-09

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[Rick Schies]

Interesting specimen