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Western Conifer Seed Bug
Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:03 AM
The last week of October, I was outside and heard a loud, heavy buzzing by my ear. It was one of these guys flying by my head to land on the pine tree out back. I didn’t know what they were, but noticed that they seemed to be enjoying walking around on the sappy, green pine cones. Even though I am in Worthington, Ohio (just north of Columbus), I believe that they are Western Conifer Seed Bugs. Of course, I only figured that out after looking at this site!
Just thought that I’d share.
Love the site, keep up the great work!
Ed Huston
Worthington, Ohio

Western Conifer Seed Bugs

Hi Ed,
Over the years, we have received countless images of Western Conifer Seed Bugs, but to the best of our knowledge, your image is the first one that shows the Western Conifer Seed Bugs feeding on the seed cones of a conifer.  Thanks for your wonderful addition to our archive.  The Western Conifer Seed Bug has piercing/sucking mouth parts and they are most likely responsible for the oozing sap on the cone.

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