WHAT IN THE HECK—

According to the folks at www.whatsthatbug.com:

“This is a Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis. It is native to the Pacific Northwest, but has migrated east over the last century. They often enter homes in the fall. We have decided to make this our featured Bug of the Month for December” (see their website).

The other evening I found this critter perched on my apple. After doing the photo I coaxed him onto a napkin—and put the apple in the refrigerator; washed of course. By morning he had migrated to the back of a soap dispenser.

But, enough is enough. I coaxed him back onto the napkin and deposited him on a sun-warmed evergreen shrub outside. That gave him an entire day to find another place to spend the rest of his winter.

No Leptoglossus house guests for me please!