They are similar looking cousins, but the kissing bug has red patches and a rounder body. Also, the conifer seed bug, and other similar 'harmless' types have leaf-shaped hind legs, while the kissing bug has slender hind legs. Having said that, i just read where there is a recorded instance of a conifer seed bug biting a human which resulted in something like a spider bite. So possibly not as 'cute' and harmless as I had thought....
Linda Roundhill Art and Antiquities Conservation, LLC On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 10:05 AM Todd Holmberg <tholmb...@artsmia.org> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Today I learned of the "Kissing Bug"- I had never heard of that one > before. It was brought to me by a staff member that found it in a "locker > room/changing room type area" (he killed it, so sorry about how it is a > little mangled in the pictures). > He was concerned it might be a Kissing Bug, and told me they can be > potentially harmful to people if that's what it is. As far as we know this > is the only one that has been seen in the area. > Even if the species can't be officially confirmed from these pictures, it > would be nice if someone could see something enough to rule out Kissing Bug > as a potential match. > > It's about 3/4" (head to abdomen), 1 1/8" (antene to abdomen). > Found indoors in Minnesota. > > Any guesses? > Thanks! > -Todd > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BjeGozFJL%3DE13y0DHchtkWKRai6E_df0pT-VmmXuj9Zbw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BjeGozFJL%3DE13y0DHchtkWKRai6E_df0pT-VmmXuj9Zbw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAL5sHxfwE-KNNDmWm7shx4TxqPke4G5cEeXgjvtn7hs6_3AVCw%40mail.gmail.com.
