Long Necked Seed Bug

bugman

June 15th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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True Bugs

Need help, friend is losing it in her dorm room!
Bugman,
I was asked by my friend to help her identify this bug she has been finding in her dorm room. Of course I sent her your site as it’s my new favorite site to look at and everything thinks I’m more of a nerd for it. However, she couldn’t find this bug and we can’t figure out what it is. Attached is a picture. Please help if you can, she’s going crazy and is about to have me drive out there over an hour away to get them out of her room and it’s midnight here. Thanks!!
Seth W. (located at UT Arlington, Arlington, TX)

Hi Seth,
Even though this photo is blurry, we have decided to post your letter for several reasons. First and foremost, we are concerned for your friend’s peace of mind. Living in a dorm must be a traumatic experience, and agonizing over an unknown insect might just raise her level of stress to a dangerous level, for both her and those near to her. Second, though the photo is blurry, the insect in question is distinctive enough in its silhouette to make identification easy. Third, this is a new genus for our site, though we cannot identify the exact species. Lastly, we are charmed that being thought of as a nerd for reading our site does not in the least bother you. Now that we have treated you to some of the inner workings of how me make posting decisions, we will identify your friend’s intruder. She has nothing to worry about. This Long Necked Seed Bug in the genus Myodocha will not harm her.

(06/17/2007) Thank you
Hi
My name is Christine and I was the friend in “Need help, friend is losing it in her dorm room!” emailed to you by my friend Seth. I want to thank you for identifying my bug as a long necked seed bug. I visited the link provided in your response and those pictures are exactly what my bugs look like. I really am greatful that you responded to him so quickly. After finding a cockroach (which, after looking at your site I believe to be an American Cockroach) in my bathroom, this one making it number 3 and then walking into my room to find roughly 15 of these small bugs I was going a little crazy. At first I thought they were slightly cute because it was almost as if they followed me where ever I went. This was only cute until I found a whole bunch of them. I lived with them until I couldn’t handle sleeping with them anymore and some of them had to move on. As for the cockroach he died this morning of natural causes (as far as I know). I had to have a chat with him when I first found him and after sharing the shower with him for a couple of days I was slightly sad to see him leave. This turned into a long message but the jist of it is thank you. I hope you have a great day
crazy in texas,
Christine