Leptoglossus phyllopus or Florida leaf-footed bug is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of leaf-footed bug in the same genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 as the western conifer seed bug

Western conifer seed bug

The western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis, sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug in the family Coreidae...

 (L. occidentalis).

This bug may enter houses when the weather turns colder and likes to make a home for itself in beds. In a wooded area, the bug will probably be found in homes. It sucks the sap from the cone

Conifer cone

A cone is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta that contains the reproductive structures. The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male cones, which produce pollen, are usually herbaceous and much less conspicuous even at full maturity...

s of various coniferous trees. Pesticide

Pesticide

Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest.A pesticide may be a chemical unicycle, biological agent , antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest...

s will not get this bug out of a home, so the best mean is hand removal. Also, to prevent the bug getting in, one can secure all window screens, attic vents, and other openings.

Acetosyringone

Acetosyringone

Acetosyringone is a phenolic natural product, and is a chemical compound related to acetophenone and 2,6-dimethoxyphenol. It was first described in relation to lignan/phenylpropanoid-type phytochemicals, with isolation from a variety of plant sources, in particular, in relation to wounding and...

 is produced by the male leaffooted bug and used in its communication system.

External links

• General information: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg65.html
• leaffooted bug on the UF
  University of Florida
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   Featured Creatures Web site
• Stink Bugs and Leaffooted Bugs Are Important Fruit, Nut, Seed and Vegetable Pests1 again from UF
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
   / IFAS
  Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
  The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...