Leptoglossus occidentalis, Western conifer seedbug. I think.

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I found this guy in my dog's water bowl. Took him out, ID'd him, snapped some pictures. I'm going to let him go soon.







And then I was brave enough to let him crawl on my hand. :3

[Saracirce]

I've been finding those around my house lately! I was wondering what they were because I've never seen them before! Weird.

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I've never seen one before either, and I had a hard time ID'ing this guy because I couldn't find him on the colorado invert website. It seems like they're pretty widespread, though.
Aaaand these bugs can fly. He's been spreading his wings like he's going to, and because I have a hatred for inverts that fly, I'm releasing him much sooner than expected.

[Saracirce]

Yeah. They're not supposed to be in my state either, which is probably why I couldn't id them and my friend, who was born here, doesn't know what they are. I've never seen them fly but I feel you xD

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Aaand little guy's free to go wherever now. I let him go, but it's cold outside so he'll probably come back in.. hopefully in one of the other apartments in this building.
Dislike of flying bugs came from when a freaking enormous grasshopper jumped on my face. Not fun, not fun.. heh.
I don't think these guys are native to everywhere in North America, quickly skimmed Wikipedia and it says they're originally found on the Pacific coast but spread east, and they're considered a pest species.

[Onew~]

I've seen buggies kind of like this in our horse's water tubs, very occasionally. They look like little swimming beetles. o.O

[gemini_girl]

O___o looks like the kissing bug to me...In that case kill it should you see another they spread a deadly disease.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_bug

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They do look very similar, but compare the kissing bug's last legs to the seedbug's(or squash bug, that's another name). They're different. Also, with a quick google images search, kissing bugs have more orange stripes that are shaped a little differently, and they seem to be darker colored than this guy's mainly brown body.

[gemini_girl]

Oh well good!! I kind of have bad vision, so it's hard to see the difference.

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I've gotten good at picking out specific traits that make a species unique, don't worry about me, I wouldn't hold something with my hands unless I was completely sure about what it is.

Geh. Told ze mom I rescued it and she was like 'ew why didn't you smash it'.. D: