{"id":2601,"date":"2016-02-25T21:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T02:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2016-03-20T01:44:46","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T05:44:46","slug":"wcsb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/2016\/02\/25\/wcsb\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Conifer Seed Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

The western conifer seed bug is a common pest in North America.
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Western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis<\/em>), Scarborough<\/a>, Ontario<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

I took these pictures last September when I saw this seed bug sitting on the side of a car. The background is car paint, which makes the pictures look weird, but I don’t remember seeing one of these bugs before. Probably I should get out of the city more often.<\/p>\n

The western conifer seed bug is in fact considered to be a pest as it ruins pine seeds. The damage caused is significant enough that people find it necessary to try to control the pine seed bug population.<\/p>\n

Further Readings:<\/h4>\n
\nWestern conifer seed bug<\/a> on Wikipedia.
\nWestern Conifer Seed Bug<\/a> \u2014 Department of Entomology \u2014 Penn State University.
\nPine Seed Bug (Western conifer seed bug)<\/a> — Iowa Insect Information Notes.
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