Insect and Spider Identification: SOLVED: A full grown Squash Bug?

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Author Content crissyr Malvern, AR (Zone 7b) October 31, 2009 03:01 PM Post #7227688 Is this an adult squash bug? Click the image for an enlarged view. suunto Sinks Grove, WV October 31, 2009 05:06 PM Post #7227987 This is a leaf-footed bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Coreidae), but it is not a squash bug (Anasa nistis - see http://tinyurl.com/fa6cj). Yours may be in the genus Leptoglossus - see http://tinyurl.com/yzlb368 for an example. trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) November 1, 2009 09:57 AM Post #7229703 but please feel free to squash it! lol themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 1, 2009 10:43 AM Post #7229832 I think that is why they are called SQUASH bugs...they come with directions for action...grin peony1066 Sugar Land, TX November 1, 2009 11:27 AM Post #7229962 It's hard to kill adult leaf bugs, I think, other than squashing them. trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) November 1, 2009 11:49 AM Post #7230028 castile soap and water will kill them. crissyr Malvern, AR (Zone 7b) November 1, 2009 12:03 PM Post #7230073 My car seems to have taken care of the problem. Thanks for the help, much appreciated!

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