Leaf footed bug

5757   Lone Pine, Ca. Hot dry dessert at the base of Mt. Whitney. It was on my leg yesterday afternoon. I panicked at hit it and it sat still in the ground. Looks like it flies. Didn’t smell anything or hear it make a noise. My husband smashed it before I could study it. Lived here my entire life and have never seen one. People commented that they have been seeing them here lately. Jen.

This is a leaf-footed bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Coreidae) in the genus Leptoglossus; likely L. clypealis – see http://tinyurl.com/zxjctfe for an image and http://tinyurl.com/gqdkvkd for more detailed information. Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.