What is it???
Location: Valley Of The Winds, Northern Territory, Australia
February 21, 2011 4:47 pm
I saw this beastie whilst walking around the Olgas,Uluru National Park, NT, Australia a couple of weeks ago and can’t identify it. Hope you can help!!
Didn’t see anymore but it was approximately six centimetres in length and two centimetres wide.
Many thanks!!
Signature: ??
White Spotted Beetle
Dear ??,
While we have been successful in quickly identifying your gorgeous Longicorn Beetle, we are unfortunately unable to assist with your own identity. We found your Longicorn’s identity on a website of vintage Shell Picture Cards of Beetles. It is identified as the White Spotted Beetle, Penthea saundersi, on Shell Picture Card 318. The Shell Picture Card website indicates: “Card data: ‘This large and truly magnificent black beetle, with its ornamentation of whitish spots, is a native of Western Australia. It is a Longicorn belonging to the Cerambycidae family. Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 46 (2007) Adult beetles of this species are usually found crawling about on twigs or small branches of trees in the daytime. The larvae, or grubs, are borers. ‘ Comments: Nothing appears to have been written on the biology of this species since publication of the Shell Picture Card series.“ We also located a photo on FlickR. Again, this is a spectacular Longicorn and we are pleased to be able to post it as there are so few photos of this species available online.
caterpillar
Location: garden
February 21, 2011 3:19 pm
Found this 2” caterpillar on the holly bush. Gorgeous green color!
Signature: patricia
Io Moth Caterpillar
Hi Patricia,
This is an Io Moth Caterpillar. Handle it carefully as the spines are capable of stinging. In our submission form, the location field should be used to indicate the state or country where the sighting occurred.
Thank you for the identification and warning about the io moth. What a beautiful, emerald green! I am in Palm Bay, FL
Apartment dweller
Location: East central Illinois
February 21, 2011 1:31 am
Hello,
I have noticed a few of these bugs in my Charleston, IL apartment. I noticed them mostly in the warm summer/fall months, and then hadn’t seen one until today when the weather got warm again. I have been trying to figure out what they are for a while with no luck.
Thanks,
Signature: CGB
Silverfish
Dear CGB,
This is a Silverfish, a common household pest. It seems they are getting even more common if the number of identification requests we have received recently is any indication.
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Angry litte catapillar
Location: Nth Queensland Australia
February 21, 2011 5:06 am
Gday mate,
was out in the garden and brushed past a tree that this guy was living in. It took about 5 seconds before I felt like I was being branded with a hot iron ( or a million wasps – not sure)
anyway was real curious to find out what kind it was?
Signature: Doug from Downunder
Chinese Junk
Gday Doug,
You had an unfortunate encounter with a Stinging Slug Caterpillar in the family Limacodidae. In Australia, the family is known as the Cup Moth family and the caterpillars, many of which can sting, are called Spitfires according to the Brisbane Insect website. Your particular caterpillar is the Mottled Cup Moth, Doratifera vulnerans, and the caterpillar, according to the Brisbane Insect Website, is called a Chinese Junk: “because of their shape and their way of moving like ship at sea.”
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Insect bite section?
Location: Africa
February 21, 2011 4:14 am
Hi, I am researching insect bites from all over the world, as bites – just like your bugs – are often hard to identify. For instance the rove beetle mark attached (from the net). So I wonder if you have a section for this, as I could not find it in the menus.
Signature: Ibugs
Dear Ibugs,
We do not have a bite section, however, the search engine works quite well. If you search our site for the word bite, you get 705 hits, and some may prove fruitful, like these postings: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2011/01/31/assassin-bug-and-its-painful-bite/ and http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/11/01/carpet-beetle-larvae-from-iran-not-causing-bites/
Cute bug
Location: Airlie beach, witsundays, QLD Australia
February 13, 2011 7:48 pm
Hello!
I found this one one night next to my tv and o took it out and the next day he was back, sitting in the selling. then gone and next thing he was crwaling on the edge og this glas!
He walks and moves very slow and cant fly.
And he looks lika a small animal not really like a bug!
Signature: Christina
Elephant Weevil
Hi Christina,
This is the second image of an Elephant Weevil, Orthorhinus cylindrirostris, that we have posted this week. You can search our archives for information on this interesting looking beetle, or you can visit Oz Animals.
”A” Bug
Location: Maine, USA
February 14, 2011 9:05 pm
I don’t know very much about insects but I found this bug with what looks like an A on it’s back (mostly from a distance) and am just curious to know what it is.
Right now I think it’s a superbug…
Signature: Sarah Harris
Stink Bug Nymph
Hi Sarah,
This is an immature Stink Bug in the family Pentatomidae, but we are uncertain of the species.
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