Leaf footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)

Order: Hemiptera (he-MIP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Coreidae Genus: Leptoglossus (lep-toh-GLOSS-us) (Info) Species: phyllopus Profile: No positives 2 neutrals 4 negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Springdale, Arkansas Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lee, Florida Lutz, Florida Vero Beach, Florida Waycross, Georgia New Orleans, Louisiana Thibodaux, Louisiana Englishtown, New Jersey Aberdeen, North Carolina Blounts Creek, North Carolina Efland, North Carolina Hillsborough, North Carolina Pittsboro, North Carolina Easley, South Carolina Johns Island, South Carolina Simpsonville, South Carolina Austin, Texas Fate, Texas New Caney, Texas Pflugerville, Texas (2 reports) Santa Fe, Texas Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Negative princessnonie On Aug 11, 2006, princessnonie from New Caney, TX (Zone 8b) wrote: [HYPERLINK@creatures.ifas.ufl.edu] Neutral shaniqwa On Sep 24, 2006, shaniqwa from Houston, TX wrote: i have captured a leaf footed bug- leptoglossus phyllopus, it has detroyed my moms watermelons, and her watermelon vines. how do you get rid of these bugs. Neutral trois On Nov 9, 2006, trois from Santa Fe, TX (Zone 9b) wrote: This bug is very destructive of Hyacinth Bean plants, destroying leaves and beans. Negative Farmerdill On Aug 5, 2007, Farmerdill from Augusta, GA (Zone 8a) wrote: This is a major pest on Okra in this area. It also feeds on Southern peas. Negative TitiBebbs On Aug 8, 2007, TitiBebbs from Lee, FL wrote: I'm pretty sure these are what killed all the corn in our small garden this summer, since they have been ALL OVER the plants which never really produced much and died much earlier than others around here. Now they are all over my cherry tomato plants {YIKES!} which have been producing extremely well until this weekend. I'm seeing a decline in the health of these plants. Are these things anything worse than a nuisance? Negative 12mockingbirds On Jun 2, 2008, 12mockingbirds from New Orleans, LA wrote: Nasty Tomato eater. Threw two creole tomato plants in the trash today. Very sad. Seems their shells are very difficult to penetrate. Terrible bug if you are trying to garden organically. Hopefully they won't return to destroy my citrus.

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