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Male Dobsonfly

long hooks
May 19, 2010
Long hooks I looked this insect up and saw nothing online
Dont matter
South Texas

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Dobsonfly

This is a harmless Dobsonfly.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Dobsonflies and Fishflies ‡ Comments (0) °
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination

Tulip Tree Silk Moth lays eggs

My Spring Moth Collection (digital, of course)
May 11, 2010
Hello Daniel and Lisa,
There has been a huge variety of moths visiting under the safety light this Spring, but I hesitate to send the photos on to you.  I know that this is a very busy time.
Some that I’d like to send:
1. Tiger Moth, Spilomosa congrua
2. Tiger Moth, Spilomosa dubia
for your Tiger Moth page.
3. White-dotted Prominent, Nadata gibbosa
for your Prominent page.
4. Tulip Tree Silkmoth, Callosamia angulifera, laying eggs (I’m assuming they’re hers)
5. Eggs all over the wall.
There are so many including Laudable Arches, Polyphemus, Common Emerald that I hope I’ve identified correctly, and so many more that I haven’t yet been able to identify.
Let me know if you have time and if you’re interested in my silly stuff.
Thanx!
R.G. Marion
The Great Smoky Mountains, TN

May 22, 2010
Dear RG,
Your letter arrived in our absence (Mother’s Day visit) and we are just catching up on old mail.  Please resend this letter with the Tulip Tree Silkmoth.
Thanks
Daniel

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Tulip Tree Silk Moth lays eggs

Hoping your Mother’s Day visit was wonderful…
At one time, there were as many as five of these beauties on the wall.
RG

Posted 22 May 2010 § Eggs § Giant Silk Moths ‡ Comments (0) °

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Iridescent Green Weevil-Like Insect
May 11, 2010
Greetings,
One morning, I found this little guy sitting on the back of a hooded sweatshirt in my house. It’s around 3/16″ long. I thought it was some kind of weevil having a spherical head. I brought it outside in so I could photograph it. Even with it being rather cold, it still walked around making it rather difficult to get a good shot. I released it after a few glamour-shots.
The following evening I came home from work and put the same hoodie back on. After some brief yardwork I came back inside and saw something on my hand: It was what appeared to be the same insect from the day before!
Looking at the photos, the mandibles don’t look very weevil-like (to this neophyte).
Thank you!
TK
Cleveland, Ohio

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Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Dear TK,
The Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil, Polydrusus sericeus, was “introduced from Europe, where it is widespread” according to BugGuide.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Weevils ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:
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White Peacock

White Peacock gets help
May 9, 2010
Hi Bugman. I took these white peacock pictures in October when I suddenly had about 200 of them nectaring and mating in my yard all at once. It was a gorgeous frenzy. The one in the photo had a malformed wing and was moving sluggishly. So, I put my hand in front of it and it climbed onto my finger. I took it from flower to flower for a couple of minutes and it nectared. Shortly after that it got an energy rush and starting flying around quickly with the others. Hope you like the photos. I can’t wait for the fall party this year!
Elizabeth from Orlando
Orlando, Fl.

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White Peacock

Dear Elizabeth,
Your account of rescuing this White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae, is quite cheering.  The White Peacock is well represented on BugGuide.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Brush Footed Butterflies ‡ Comments (0) °

Leaf Footed Bugs Hatching

Red insect building amber cells
May 9, 2010
Can you please identify these red insects that are building these amber cells? They’re on my window. They are slow moving; it was very hard to tell if they were alive or not. The body is 3 mm in length x 1mm wide. The amber cells are about 1 mm x 1mm.
Helen
Raleigh, NC

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Leaf Footed Bugs Hatching

Dear Helen,
These are hatchling Leaf Footed Bugs in the family Coreidae.  We are uncertain of the species, but we matched them to a photograph posted to BugGuide.

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Posted 22 May 2010 § Eggs § Leaf Footed Bugs ‡ Comments (0) °

Beautiful Wood Nymph

Thought it was bird poo at first…
May 9, 2010
Dear Bugman,
I found this interesting moth today on the deck around my mother-in-law’s pool. I probably would have dismissed it as bird droppings, had there not been other moths in the area. Interesting defense mechanism, I assume?
Cassie Shaw
Cleveland, MS

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Beautiful Wood Nymph

Dear Cassie,
WE are very happy that we took the time to look at our old mail dating from a brief trip to Ohio.  Your well camouflaged moth is a Beautiful Wood Nymph, Eudryas grata, which can be distinguished from its close relative, the Pearly Wood Nymph, Eudryas unio, because it is:  “larger than Pearly Wood-Nymph (E. unio), and the dark band along outer margin of forewing is smoothly curved on the inside, not scalloped as in E. unio” according to BugGuide.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Owlet Moths ‡ Comments (0) °

Fiery Searcher

Green Beetle (?)
May 10, 2010
We found our beetle in our classroom during insect week (how lucky) so we were wondering if you could tell us what kind of beetle he is…
From Ms. Boehm’s Class
Houston, TX

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Fiery Searcher

Dear Ms. Boehm’s Class,
This Fiery Searcher, Calosoma scrutator, is a type of Caterpillar Hunter.  This large, colorful beetle is frequently illustrated in insect books.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Ground Beetles ‡ Comments (0) °

Giant Mesquite Bug

Central Mexico Beetle
May 21, 2010
This colorful beetle was observed on some rock steps near hot springs in the Guanajuato province of Mexico. There was lots of vegetation around the area along with springs. At first I thought someone had painted this and put it there for a joke, but on closer look, it started to move and walk away. I have yet been unable to identify this guy.
Harvey A.
Guanajuato near San Miguel de Allende

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Giant Mesquite Bug

Dear Harvey,
The immature Giant Mesquite Bug in the genus Thasus in your photo will lose its bright coloration upon incomplete metamorphosis into a winged adult.  We are not certain that it is Thasus neocalifornicus, which is found in the American Southwest and Mexico, or Thasus acutangulus, which ranges further south.  We profiled the latter species in an earlier letter.

Posted 22 May 2010 § Leaf Footed Bugs ‡ Comments (0) °

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