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Leaffooted bug
by: Moni

Darkwater
These are leaffooted bugs(family coreidae) not stink bugs(family pentatomidae(the title for this got posted wrong). Though they do have scent glands present on the thorax between where the middle and hind leg attach. Like their relative the squash bug...they do smell if you smash them.
These are true bugs like the stink bugs, and they do have wings. The wings fold up on the back. You can see some of the veins of the wing on the lower bottom part of the wing. They can fly, tho we usually see them crawl.
Surprise!
by: Darkwater

Yes, I have one of those too. It snuck up behind me last night and surprised me with the sound it made when it was airborne. What I find strange is that it flew, but it doesn't have wings. I trapped it under a glass, and it's still alive. I'm watching it right now.

Do not kill it, for it will stink very badly. That's why it's called a "stink" bug.
what U got is An Ole Stink bug
by: Dennis Evans

Just as some one has already wrote, hey look, I'm from folks that were farming folks, mules and all. You have yourself in that picture there a cotten pickin stink bug. The brown ones stink worse than the gray ones.
Have a nice day!!!
Dennis
Bug
by: Jack

How about that - they have a proper name. When I was a kid we liked to capture them and then turn them loose at school. The smell got every bodies attention real quick. We called them "stink" bugs. Get one, step on it and find out why we called them "stink" bugs.

Jack
Leaf-footed bug
by: Moni

Kathy
They are known for coming into houses for the winter.
Since they do feed on conifers, pine trees fit that description.
Perhaps throw them outside rather than smashing to avoid the smell...it does stink!
As an entomologist, they are neat looking not ugly, but of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Same bug in PA
by: Kathy

They come to my house every spring too. Watch out they seem to get in the house somehow. Someone told me once they are attracted by pine trees. They are ugly and they do stink when smashed.
Leaf-footed bug
by: Moni

Kristen
You and your friend have a leaf-footed bug. They are related to stink bugs as they are both True bugs(order Hemiptera). If they are handled they could make your hands smell.
Since both of you found similar bugs, they might both be western conifer seed bugs. The leaf-footed bugs feed on foliage and seeds of various plants...if it is this one it would feed on conifers or evergreen plants. These western bugs have worked their way east so you could have the same as your friend, or it could be one of the other leaf-footed bugs. There are several species.
Here is a website for more information and pics if you are interested: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3393
I have the same bugs
by: Elaine

I get them in the fall. My neighbour told me it was a stink bug, I researched it on the net it doesn't look the same and I haven't notice any smell.
Long Bug
by: Anonymous

It looks like a stink bug. Smells terrible if smashed.

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