Bug FAQNorthern Leaf-Footed Bug
Leptoglossus oppositus · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Coreidae
Leptoglossus oppositus is found from New York down to Florida and west to Iowa, Minnesota, and the southwestern United States into Mexico. It looks like Leptoglossus fulvicornis but can be told apart by deeper scallops on the leaf-like hind tibia and three white spots on the hemelytra.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Deeper scallops on the leaf-like hind tibia and three white spots across the hemelytra set it apart from similar species.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives widely across the eastern U.S., the Midwest, and the southwest, reaching into Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range spans from New York to Florida, west to Iowa and Minnesota, and further southwest into Mexico.
Source: Wikipedia
Lookalikes
It resembles Leptoglossus fulvicornis but differs in tibia scallops and wing spots.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 39 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Coreidae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoglossus_oppositus
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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.