Leaf-footed Bug
Eastern Leaf-footed Bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus
The charming face of an Eastern Leaf-footed Bug.
I believe this one is an Acanthocephala species.
3 thoughts on “Leaf-footed Bug”
Leave a comment
Creative Commons
Except where otherwise noted,
Little Wild Streak by Gwen Lanning is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Explore textile techniques and history: Deep in the Heart of Textiles
Came for the Costumes, Stayed for the Character Arcs
Last year one of my honorary grandkids recommended the movie KPop Demon Hunters, so I watched it and liked it, especially the beautiful songs. The Netflix algorithm then suggested some other Korean TV series, so I picked one of the historical dramas to try, and I was immediately hooked. The settings, the costumes, and the […]
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Favorite Book
It is time for the reveal day of a little art quilt. Our online group The Endeavourers sets quarterly themes to spark our creativity, and this time the theme was “Favorite Book.” My favorite non-fiction book is Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. It is a book about observing and reacting to nature, and […]
ScrapHappy April 2026
I have tons of vintage jewelry and I am always looking for ways to get it out of boxes and out where I can see it. I have seen beautiful shadow box assemblages on YouTube and I finally created two for myself. (I photographed them without the frame and glass.) I bought very basic shadow […]
Guest Post — Little-known Facts about Weaving
I have been writing this textile blog for 14 years, but recently my husband pointed out that so far I have failed to report on large areas of weaving history.  From pterodactyls to Hollywood movies, weaving is the thread that binds it all together, as he is now ready to mansplain: I am here to […]
Quaker Homespun, Part Five — Labor and Community
This is part five of my series on Thomas Fox, who was an English serge manufacturer in the late 1700s and early 1800s. His biography is called Quaker Homespun, and it is all online at archive.org. In April of 1783, Thomas married Sarah Smith of London. They went on to have 16 children, 9 of […]
Oh my gosh! What a cool looking bug 🙂
You have creepy-looking critters in Texas . . .
I looked it up, and these bugs are most common in the South, but the Eastern Leaf-footed Bug has been recorded in New York! So they might be right there with you!!