Looks like a mantis
Location: Middle Georgia (the state, not the country;)
February 26, 2011 2:52 pm
My boys found this in the bathroom and think it’s a baby mantis. I’m not so sure. It doesn’t have the large head or ”praying hands.” I’m letting them keep it in a bug motel until we identify it. Help!
Signature: Tricia
Immature Assassin Bug
Hi Tricia,
This really looks to us like an immature Assassin Bug in the genus Zelus. Assassin Bugs are predators so your inclination that it resembles a Mantis has some bearing. You can read more about Assassin Bugs on BugGuide and you can compare your individual to this image and this image also on BugGuide.
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Strange Caterpillar from the woodpile
Location: Northeastern Pensylvania
February 25, 2011 10:26 am
Hi! Firstly, I LOVE wtb, I just found it a few days ago, and I’m practically obsessed with learning about the different kinds of bugs. I’ve always been a bug lover, and this past fall when I was helping my dad stack wood in the woodshed, when I found two awesome bugs in the course of one day. The first is a beetle looking thing, I thought he was just awesome, So I took him inside and snapped some pictures before I let it back on the woodpile. I’ve lived here my whole life and never seen anything like this! It did pinch ahold of my dad when he was poking it (silly man) and apparently it hurt pretty bad. But he just pulled it off and put it back on the wood, laughing at how dumb of an idea it was to poke it. The second little guy came crawling off one of the logs. It made me a little nervous, as I was ”stung” by a big green spiky caterpillar when I was younger, but all in all he was only concerned with munching on the leaf I put in the bowl for him. He was really cool, and I took him inside the house to photograph him, then let him go back were he was on the woodpile. I never saw what he hatched into though. Any idea what this guy is, and what he may have turned into?
Signature: Liz
Bedstraw Hawkmoth Caterpillar
Dear Liz,
Thank you for your highly entertaining and very sweet email. Your caterpillar is a Bedstraw Hawkmoth Caterpillar or Gallium Sphinx, Hyles gallii, which we confirmed on the Sphingidae of the Americas website. There you may read a lengthy account of the caterpillar and adult moth including details of its life cycle.
Thanks! 
Mystery solved!
Liz
Interesting Creature
Location: Savannah GA, USA
February 25, 2011 1:15 am
Hi there!
Found this little guy hanging out. At first glance I thought it was two insects in a mating position, but a closer look reveals that it in fact is one bug. Any idea at what type of bug this may be?
Thanks Again!
Signature: Daryll
Great Purple Hairstreak
Hi Daryll,
This little beauty is a Great Purple Hairstreak. You may compare your individual to the photos posted on BugGuide.
Unidentified black/white beetle
Location: southern california high desert
February 25, 2011 12:01 am
Hello I stepped outside for a smoke when I came across this beetle its was around 3 am and I found it to be quite striking so I snapped a few photos with my cell phone. I use the image as my phone background and when people as what kind of bug it is I would like to be able answer them so thanks in advance.
Signature: Gabe
Weevil
Hi Gabe,
This is some species of Weevil. We will attempt to provide a more specific identification for you.
¶ Posted 25 February 2011 § Weevils ‡ ° Fancy bug?
Location: Koonyum Ranges NSW
February 24, 2011 7:13 am
This one comes from the hills behind Byron Bay, exotic looking but could not find it amongst all the beatles?
Signature: Bernoe
Large Stink Bug
Dear Bernoe,
We believe that this is a Large Stink Bug in the family Tessaratomidae. The Brisbane Insect website has some photos of the adult Bronze Orange Bug, Musgraveia sulciventris, that looks similar, but is darker. Also, the body shape is a bit different. We believe that your individual is in the same family. The NSW Department of Primary Industries has a nice illustration of the life cycle of the Bronze Orange Bug.
Correction Courtesy of Karl
Hi Daniel and Bernoe:
It is indeed a Tessaratomid, probably a male Peltocopta crassiventris. The females are similar but not as colorful, and exhibit an interesting form of parental care. The Queensland Museum website has photos of both sexes as well as nymphs (click on the Introduction, Identification and Biology tabs). Regards. Karl
Thanks Karl,
There are also some images of a female and her brood on the Heteroptera website.
salt marsh caterpillar > cocoon > now a moth!
Location: Arcadia, FL
February 22, 2011
It hatched
Allyson Maiolo
2nd Grade Teacher
Nocatee Elementary
Salt Marsh Moth
Dear Allyson,
Thanks for keeping us informed regarding the metamorphosis of this Salt Marsh Moth.
What is this bug
Location: Salt lake city ut
February 21, 2011 9:59 pm
Tell me what this bug is thay have just started apering around my house
Signature: Just want to know what kind of bug it is
Red Headed Ash Borer
This is a Red Headed Ash Borer.
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