Most of Landscape Management’s forays into pest management are related to grubs, armyworms and billbugs. It’s not often we get to venture into the world of larger insects. Of course when one shows up right outside our window (an 11th floor mind you), we tend to take notice.
We had a little trouble identifying this little visitor in the photo above.
With a little help from our sister publication Pest Management Professional and one of the publication’s contributors, Gerry Wegner, we got this description of the creepy crawly.
- “This is a leaf-footed bug, Leptoglossus oppositus, looking for a way to get into the building in preparation of overwintering. It is a fall invader.”
Wegner is the Technical Director, Staff Entomologist for Varment Guard Environmental Services Inc./ProGuard Commercial Pest Solutions.
So this little bug is really bumming the office out — not so much because it’s unpleasant to look at, but more because it’s a harbinger of the season to come.
