Posts Tagged: leaffooted bug

Signs of Life on a Passionflower Vine

If you have a passionflower vine (Passiflora), check to see what insects or stages of insects are making this plant their home.  A frost-bitten passionflower vine on a front porch near downtown Vacaville, Solano County, last weekend still contained...

A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar crawling on a stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar crawling on a stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An empty chrysalis: a Gulf Fritillary butterfly had earlier emerged. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An empty chrysalis: a Gulf Fritillary butterfly had earlier emerged. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A leaffooted bug on the seed pod of a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A leaffooted bug on the seed pod of a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Turning Over a New Leaf (Footed Bug)

When you first see the leaffooted bug, you know immediately how it got its name. The appendages on its feet look like leaves! This morning we saw one in our catmint (Nepeta) patch. It crawled beneath the tiny leaves, sharing space with honey bees,...

Close-up of leaffooted bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of leaffooted bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leaffooted bugs making pomegranates their kitchen, living room and bedroom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Leaffooted bugs making pomegranates their kitchen, living room and bedroom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beady eyes, colorful antennae and appendages on its feet that look like leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beady eyes, colorful antennae and appendages on its feet that look like leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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