what is this?
Location: Plantersville, TX
June 26, 2011 9:18 pm
I found these ”grasshoppers” on a sidewalk in Plantersville, TX over the weekend. The hind end was wide, not very grasshopper-y. I was wondering if it was just a different kind of grasshopper or what.
Signature: Jana Doss
Mating Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers
Hi Jana,
These are mating, flightless Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers, Romalea microptera. They have both a light and a dark form and this is the light form. We just posted a photo of the dark form that emerged from a watermelon shipment in New Jersey, many hundreds of miles north of its typical range. Texas is the furthest west the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper is found.
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Orthosoma Brunneum-very cool looking beetle!
Location: Seymour, Tennessee (just south of Knoxville)
June 26, 2011 10:49 pm
Hello Bugman,
I know Brown Prionids like the one in this photo are pretty common, but if I do say so myself, this photo turned out so good and they look so cool, so I thought I’d share it with you. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for all you do. You are awesome and I love coming back to your sight multiple times each day!
Signature: Michael Davis
Brown Prionid
Dear Michael,
Thanks for your compliment. While we are more inclined to post rare and under-represented species on our site, we also love posting beautiful images of more common insects. The season is upon us for Prionid sightings, and the Brown Prionid is one of the most beautiful representatives from the group. We also love your photograph. The colors are stunning, and the cool green of the wall is a perfect background for the rich brown color of the beetle.
Jumping Spider from Los Angeles
June 26, 2011
Today while working in Elyria Canyon Park, we found this little Jumper in the plant nursery. We cannot identify it on BugGuide. It looks most like a member of the genera Marpissa or Thiodina.
Unknown Jumping Spider
What the heck IS that ?!?!
Location: ontario, canada
June 25, 2011 8:03 pm
Hi there !
I have a stumper for you (or maybe not?).
Found this little guy on the inside of my kitchen window. Never saw a bug like him. I didn’t size him, but i have a feeling the weird things on his head will give him away.
Thanks so much for checking out my pic !
Betty Doerksen,
Ontario, Canada
Signature: bettythecanadianmenno
Deathwatch Beetle
Dear bettythecanadianmenno,
We wish your photo had more detail. We don’t believe this is a False Click Beetle, and we haven’t a clue what else it might be. Here is a photo of a False Click Beetle from the What’s Bugging You? website that is somewhat similar. We have requested assistance from Eric Eaton.
Eric Eaton identifies the Deathwatch Beetle
Daniel:
No, this is a great image of a deathwatch beetle, specifically Ptilinus ruficornis:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/59669
Only males have the weird antennae.
Not a structural pest as far as I am aware.
Eric
Thank you so much ! I appreciate it. As you know, he was very tiny (just a few mm), so it was hard to take a clear enough macro pic.
Thanks again for identifying him !
Betty
Large, Fat Beetle in SE Virginia
Location: SE Virginia
June 26, 2011 8:30 am
Greetings. I found a large beetle in the yard today. It had good sized mandibles, was big and fat. Maybe it’s a female? It had some kind of white froth (bubbles) oozing out its sides and on it’s legs. If I touched it, it would spin around, jump up on its legs and flare it’s mandibles. Most beetles I’ve seen around here are flat, but this one was big and fat. We live near a wooded area. I release it back into the woods. Pictures enclosed. Thanks!
Signature: Ted
Broad Necked Root Borer
Hi Ted,
This is a female Broad Necked Root Borer, Prionus laticollis. The males are slightly smaller and more active and have spectacular antennae. See BugGuide for additional information.
whats my bug
Location: Virginia Beach, VA
June 25, 2011 10:13 pm
hey i found this outside me work what is he
Signature: From LuLu Bug
Male Eastern Hercules Beetle
Dear Lulu Bug,
This is a male Eastern Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus. He is perfectly harmless and he is considered to be the heaviest North American beetle.
shrimp beetle???
Location: Milford, CT
June 25, 2011 11:08 pm
I live in Connecticut and found this guy crawling on my floor. It was also making flipping movements like a shrimp! Never seen one before. Help!
Signature: freaked out
Lawn Shrimp
Dear freaked out,
This sure looks to us like a Lawn Shrimp or House Hopper, a terrestrial Amphipod native to Australia that has become established in California gardens and more recently, Florida gardens. It is especially associated with gardens that are well watered and have eucalyptus trees and if conditions are right, they can become very plentiful. See bugGuide for additional information. We doubt you will experience much of a problem in Connecticut with Lawn Shrimp, and it is our theory that perhaps you recently did some landscaping or purchased some plants from a nursery and that those plants may have originated in California, or possibly Florida. It is doubtful that Lawn Shrimp will be able to survive your severe winter and we doubt they will become established. This is most likely a single sighting and you should not be alarmed.
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