Brazil
November 17, 2011
Hi, guys!
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I’m sharing some images of some art I’m doing as a hobby. It’s masking tape, newspaper, wire, indian ink, acrilic paint and stuff.
Peace!
Cesar Crash
Monarch and Preying Mantis
Hi Cesar,
We are posting your insect art.
Insect Art
Leafy Legged Insect
Location: Playa del Carmen, Mexico
November 16, 2011 6:18 pm
This insect has interesting leaf-like attachments to its rear legs.
Signature: Venom
Leaf Footed Bug
Dear Venom,
You may have unwittingly identified your insect since it is a Leaf Footed Bug in the family Coreidae, and we believe it is Anisoscelis affinis based on images posted to BugGuide. This Mexican species has been reported from southern Texas. Stephanie Sanchez has also photographed them in Broward County Florida based on her Steph’s Virtual Garden: Bugs website.
Honduras: Huge beetle
Location: El Piliguin, Honduras, Central America
November 17, 2011 11:38 am
Evening Mr. Bugman, I recently encountered this huge beetle in Piliguin Mountain, Honduras, Central America. It appears to be a Rove Beetle of some sort, however it far exceeds the size descriptions i have come across. It was hidden under rocky terrain and the approximate length was around 9.0-10.0 cm. (90-100 mm). Thank you in advance 
Signature: Medjai
Walkingstick
Deam Medjai,
This positively gorgeous creature is a Walkingstick or Phasmid. Our initial search did not provide any conclusive species or genus identification, but your individual reminds us of an Ecuadorean Walkingstick we posted in the past from the genus Monticomorpha. Most of the species in the genus have a range limited to Andean highlands, but your email indicates that this individual was found on a mountain. We suspect your individual is closely related and perhaps a member of the same genus, and possibly an undescribed species or a known species with an undocumented range. We hope we are able to turn up something conclusive for you. The Phasmatodea.com site has some photos of mounted specimens and names of the genus members.
Walkingstick
Often red and black coloration is considered aposomatic or warning coloration, and there are Walkingsticks in the family Pseudophasmatidae, that includes Monticomorpha, that are capable of spraying a noxious chemical with amazing accuracy, including the North American Muskmare.
Walkingstick
Update
December 6, 2011
A comment posted today indicates that this lovely Walkingstick is in the genus Autolyca and that chances are good it is a species new to science.
mantis?
Location: Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
November 18, 2011 9:50 am
Hi. I’ve been finding these insects on the average of about one per year. When I was a kid, I found a few on one bush and put some into an aquarium and found one eating a little moth one day, but I don’t know if it scavenged a dead one. They have a piercing or sucking mouth part. In this picture, one is on my left pinky, to give you an idea of size. When not using them to help walk, it will hold its front arms or legs straight out in front. No one has ever been able to identify this insect in all these years.
Signature: WS
Thread-Legged Bug
Dear WS,
Though the raptorial front legs are reminiscent of those of a Preying Mantis, this Thread-Legged Bug is not closely related. It is in the Assassin Bug subfamily Emesinae, and we suspect it is in the genus Emesaya based on photos posted to BugGuide. Like [most] other Assassin Bugs, Thread-Legged Bugs are beneficial predators.
Emesaya it is ! Thanks for identifying the insect that I have been trying to identify for 30 years. Now, I hear Assassin Bugs have a nasty bite; should I not be handling these bugs? They seem so docile though.
WS
Some Assassin Bugs are more prone to biting humans than others. We have not heard of anyone being bitten by a Thread Legged Bug.
What is this pink and black beetle?
Location: Down East Maine – field
November 17, 2011 9:20 am
I have tried to find out – but not 100% sure – closest I could find was a Calligraphic Beetle? But the shape of his back-end is more pointed than the rounded Calligraphic Beetles I found images of on the Bug Guide website, and the black markings don’t fully match up. This beetle was definitely pink too. I would love your help:) It definitely was taking this monarch caterpillar with it!
Signature: Caroline
Anchor Stink Bug eats Monarch Caterpillar
Dear Caroline,
The predator in this Food Chain drama is an Anchor Stink Bug, Stiretrus anchorago, and we identified it on BugGuide which notes: “Adults feed on the larvae of beetles, butterflies, and moths. Stiretrus anchorago is considered an economically beneficial insect, feeding on the larvae of the Mexican Bean Beetle, among other pest species.” It seems late in the season for this to occur. When was this photo taken?
Anchor Stink Bug eats Monarch Caterpillar
The photo was taken August 8th. And thank you soooo much for getting back to me. Very exciting to know who that was in my backyard!
-Best, Caroline
identify
Location: north east thailand
November 17, 2011 6:40 pm
Saw this on the floor of an apartment block in the issarn region of thailand.Namely udon thani a city less than twenty miles form the border of Laos,It mainly agicultural and rice growing in the region..
found this in the dry season,March to may, but not 100% cklear on that,but it was four yrs ago
Signature: andy
Click Beetle
Hi Andy,
This is definitely a Beetle, but beyond that, we are stumped. Generally we are able to at least provide a family for beetles, but there are so many physical attributes that are distinctive on this beetle that we have not seen combined in this manner. The pectinate (see BugGuide) are probably the most distinctive feature, but the spined thorax and narrow waist connecting to the abdomen is also quite unique. Many beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea (See BugGuide for North American examples) have similar antennae and thoracic features, including some of the Click Beetles in the family Elateridae. At first glance, we thought this might be a Prionid, but the thorax structure seems to negate that possibility. We need additional time to research and perhaps one of our readers will be able to assist in this challenging identification. We could not locate it on ThaiBugs. Can you recall the size of this creature?
Unknown Beetle from Thailand
Immediate Update:
After posting we looked again at the ThaiBugs site and found a Click Beetle in the family Elateridae that looks close. It is “unidentified and in need of a shave” and pictured as a thumbnail near the bottom of the page.
Daniel:
Yes, a click beetle! I believe this one is Oxynopterus mucronatus, or at least something very closely related. Thanks for sharing!
Eric
Thanks Eric,
We found matching images on Project Noah and the Click Beetles of the Palearctic Region website.
Hi daniel was about an inch long. dificult to gauge the with from memory.But remember being fascinated by the antenae type and size,which was noticably wider than the body.
Andy
What is this bug???
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
November 16, 2011 4:52 pm
These tiny black bugs appeared outside of our garage door today. They are black and wingless. About the size of a pin. I have no clue what they are. Can you please help?
Signature: Hailey
Springtails
Hi Hailey,
Your photo does not allow us to make out details of an individual insect, but we are nearly positive these are Springtails in the class Collembola. Springtails are benign insects, though they may become a nuisance in certain situations when they are plentiful. Springtails feed on decomposing vegetation and they are important because they break down organic matter which contributes to the production of humus in soil. They can be very plentiful in a compost pile where they are beneficial. You can read more about Springtails in our archives as well as on BugGuide.
Namibian Arthropods
November 17, 2011
Dear Daniel, Many thanks for your 3 messages and all the details they contain. I’m not e-maiing from Namibia but from the U.K. but the delay in responding is because we don’t have the computer on daily. I’ve attached to this message 2 more photos not for identification as I believe they are of a Death’s Head Hawkmoth Caterpiller but I hoped you might like to see them or use them.
I wonder however if I may submit 2 further pictures for identification, again both taken in Namibia.
Kind regards, Roger.
Deathshead Hawkmoth Caterpillar
Hi Roger,
There are several species called Deathshead Hawkmoths from the genus Atropos, and this is surely one of them, but we haven’t the time to research the species found in Namibia at the moment. If you send additional photos, please use our standard form and please attach only a single species per submission.
Deathshead Hawkmoth Caterpillar
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