Subject: Whats this bug Geographic location of the bug: Pennsylvania Date: 06/13/2019 Time: 09:42 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Can u help me identify this bug on a ash tree How you want your letter signed: Ryan Dear Ryan, This is a beneficial Red Flat Bark Beetle, and according to BugGuide the habitat … Read more
Subject: Red beetle Geographic location of the bug: Foothills of Western Cascades in Washington Date: 04/26/2018 Time: 09:25 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Saw this on our deck… Can’t recall seeing a red beetle in our area before. What’s that bug? How you want your letter signed: Anonymous Dear Anonymous, This is a … Read more
Subject: Beetle with tree bark camoflauge Geographic location of the bug: Near Lake Burrendong in NSW Australia Date: 03/29/2018 Time: 10:03 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hello, On the 28h of March, in the location specified, a beetle with an interesting camoflauge that looked rather like tree bark landed on my green t-shirt. … Read more
Subject: Black Hairy Insect nesr White Pine Beetles Location: California in Sequoia March 19, 2017 6:43 am Cannot identify the hairy black and white insect on this pine tree. The two pine beetles I could identify. This is taken at Wishon Camlground near Doyle Springs/Sequoia, in California. Signature: Emily Dear Emily, We believe your Pine … Read more
Subject: Unknown Bug at Yale BC Location: Yale, BC April 18, 2015 9:10 pm My friend sent me this photo of a scarlet bug on his fire pit at Yale, BC but I have been unable answer his question as to what it is. I am sure I have seen it myself many years ago, … Read more
Subject: Cucujus clavipes Location: Wellington, Colorado September 22, 2012 10:48 pm I decided to do some bug searching with one of my three sons today and it ended being all four of us. We have an old cottonwood stump that I cut down and we decided to pull away some of the bark to see … Read more