Green, Yellow & Red Speckled Legged Spider
January 16, 2010
I live in Silverado, CA which is a canyon surrounded by the Cleveland national forest. I found this spider on a metal rod on the hillside next to our house. The hillside is covered in tall grass and a mix of sycamores, oaks, cactus and small shrubs. I’ve lived in Silverado for almost 12 years and have never seen a spider quite like it. I’d be interested to know any information you might have on it.
Ryan
Silverado Canyon, CA
Green Lynx Spider
Hi Ryan,
Despite the wide range of colors you have described, this spider is simply called the Green Lynx. It has the ability to blend in with its background plants. BugGuide has a very nice page on this species, showing several color variations as well as the life cycle.
¶ Posted 17 January 2010 § Spiders ‡ ° Ed. Note:
January 16, 2010
We just received this link via email, and though we knew about the strength and beauty of spider silk, we thought our readership might enjoy reading about this textile that is on display.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/
Green mini catepillars inside a mini clay pot
January 16, 2010
I was looking in my dogwood tree and found two perfect little miniature clay “jugs” attached to a branch in the tree. so curious i was about the “pots” that i crushed one open and found three little green catapillars hanging out inside. The jugs were about a half inch wide with a little fluted opening resembling a vase or handleless jug. these catapittars were found in Dayton ohio. sorry no photo!
H Butt
dayton, ohio
Sketch of a Potter Wasp nest
Dear H Butt,
You have found the nests of a Potter Wasp in the genus Eumenes. The female wasp constructs the nest from clay and then provisions it with caterpillars or beetle larvae, according to BugGuide.
Thanks so much, very interesting. I have seen those wasps in and outside of my house!
Glover’s Silk Moth?
January 16, 2010
We are in the hills near Temecula and have willows, buckbrush, ceanothus on the property.
Thanks for any additional information.
Matt Stone
Temecula, CA 92592
Ceanothus Silkmoth
Hi Matt,
Your visitor is a Ceanothus Silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus, a California native that does not feed as an adult, but has a caterpillar that feeds on Ceanothus, or California lilac. According to BugGuide, the larvae also feed on willow, so your property should be a natural habitat for the Ceanothus Silkmoth.
Ceanothus Silkmoth
can you identify this bug
January 15, 2010
Please could you tell me what this fly / insect is
Emma
Ilha Grande, Brazil
Cicada
Hi Emma,
This is some species of Cicada, but we are unable to identify the species at this time. Perhaps one of our readers will know the species and provide a name.
Thank you very much for this information!
Possible Identification
hi,
the cicada in http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/15/unknown-cicada-from-brazil/ looks like it belongs to the Orellana genus based on the shape of the pronotum, and the dark spots on the wing.
Dan
http://www.cicadamania.com/
¶ Posted 15 January 2010 § Cicadas ‡ ° Acanthoderes quadrigibba in Oklahoma?
January 15, 2009
Hi,
Last June I found this longhorn beetle. It was mottled brown with two white patches on its elytra. It was about a cm long, with black-and-white-banded antennae of the same length. I found pictures of Acanthoderes quadrigibba on BugGuide that looked similar, but I’m not sure if that’s what I found.
Acanthoderes quadrigibba
BugGuide has their range listed as the Eastern U.S., but I found mine in central Oklahoma. Was this little guy an A. quadrigibba, or just a similar species? Could he have been an introduced specimen, or is Oklahoma within the range for A. quadrigibba? Thanks for the help.
Josh Kouri
Acanthoderes quadrigibba
Hi Josh,
The photo looks correct, and BugGuide lists sightings from Texas, so we believe you are correct.
Acanthoderes quadrigibba
Friend of The Ants
January 15, 2010
This unidentified creature was found along an ant trail in the window frame of our bathroom in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia. Although it looks like a lump of glue with some dirt sticking to it, underneath is has six widely spaced white legs with which it moves very slowly. There were two or three of these hanging about with the ants. Any ideas?
Thanks, Jane
Coastal Region, Sydney, Australia
Debris Carrying Lacewing Larva
Hi Jane,
We believe this is a Debris Carrying Larva of a Green Lacewing, and we don’t think it is a friend to the ants. It may be preying upon the ants. According to BugGuide: “It seems that the trash carried by these larvae confers some protection against predatory ladybeetles.“ The Insects of Brisbane website also contains some images of the larvae and adults of species from Australia.
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