Head of an ant and body of a beetle!
Location: Northern Oregon
September 19, 2011 10:49 am
My friend took this up at her work in Northern Oregon…we have no idea what it is and I’ve looked through a bunch of pictures trying to find it! Any ideas?
Signature: Laura
Master Blister Beetle
Hi Laura,
We are guessing this is not a recent photo. Most of the photos we receive of Master Blister Beetles, Lytta magister, arrive in the spring, and they also hail from the deserts of California and Arizona, though we have received a submission from Washington. We like to utilize the range data on BugGuide, but alas, the site is currently unavailable.
Thank you for your help! The photo was recent- she took it yesterday, but a friend suggested it was a fire-colored beetle (Pyrochroid) and after looking a pictures online- it does resemble many of them. Not sure if that’s it or not, but it does look like it! And I’m not sure what time of year they normally come out but she saw it September 19th 2011. Thanks again for your response! Y’all have a great site!
We are certain that this is a Master Blister Beetle and NOT a fire colored beetle.
Huge bug found in Israel
Location: Israel (Tel Aviv area)
September 20, 2011 5:35 am
Hello Daniel,
Thank you for this wonderful web site. This bug I found on my balcony on the 9th floor at the end of August 2011 in Israel. Well, I have never seen such a huge and beautiful bug, it looks like a prehistoric one. Wow!
My cat first discovered it and she started to play with it. When she touched him he started to move his head (like bowing) and was producing sounds of wooden branch creak. The size of the bug is 3 to 4 inches. Supposedly it can fly.
Well, I let him free in the nearby garden. My can was very disappointed. 
Please identify it.
Thanks,
Signature: Julia K
Fig Borer
Hi Julia,
Your cat discovered a Mango Stem Borer, Batocera rufomaculata. In Israel where it causes damage to the trees in fig plantations, it is known as the Fig Borer. You can see some links to other websites by viewing the earlier posting of a Mango Stem Borer from Israel.
Thank you Daniel!!! It so great that so quickly identified it, i will look into your link. Thanks a bunch!
Julia
Golden Buprestid photo
Location: Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
September 15, 2011 2:24 am
We always called these Junebugs but, thanks to you, my photo has been renamed. I was so busy trying to get as close as possible without disturbing the beetle that I didn’t even notice the ant until I edited. I was lucky enough to get a blue ribbon at the local fall fair with the shot.
Signature: BeeCee
Golden Buprestid
Congratulations BeeCee,
You should be proud of your award winning photograph and we are honored to be posting it to our website. Upon examining the beautiful detail evident in your photo, it is easy to understand why the Golden Buprestid belongs to the family commonly called Jewel Beetles. The Golden Buprestid may hold the record for the insect with the longest lifespan because of delayed metamorphosis that occasionally occurs with the wood boring larvae. Several years ago we posted a photo of a Golden Buprestid that allegedly emerged from a cutting board after 8 years. You can read the full account here. After we made that posting, Eric Eaton provided this comment: “The record age for one is an adult that emerged from a baseboard(?) in a Canadian building fully 51 years after the building was erected! Why milled lumber forces such an extended life cycle in woodborers is a mystery, at least as far as I know. Normally, the life cycle would be no more than 2-5 years.”
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Beetle
Location: Abbotsford, British Columbia
September 13, 2011 7:17 pm
I found this beetle on my windshield when I was cycling around the farms in the Sumas prairies in Abbotsford, British Columbia. I particularly loved the red back and the striped antennae.
Signature: Frenchie
Red Shouldered Pine Borer
Hi Frenchie,
Using BugGuide, it didn’t take us long to identify this Longhorned Borer Beetle or Longicorn in the family Cerambycidae as the Red Shouldered Pine Borer, Stictoleptura canadensis. There is more than one color form and this is the red form. There isn’t any information the info page on BugGuide. Cirrus Image has a nice informative page illustrated with the red shouldered version of the Red Shouldered Pine Borer.
what’s that bug?
Location: Sedona, Az
September 10, 2011 12:42 pm
I wish to find out what species made so much noise during my camping at Sedona, Az.
Signature: Lidka
Western Hercules Beetle
Hi Lidka,
Even though your request arrived several days ago, and we manage to do more postings on the weekend than during our hectic work week, we were unable to respond to the lion’s share of requests we have received recently. We are happy we decided to attempt one more posting before heading to work. This is a male Western Hercules Beetle or Grant’s Hercules Beetle, Dynastes grantii, and though it is not considered a rare species, we do not get many images of this species found in the Southwest. We get significantly more images of its eastern relative, the Eastern Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus. The horn of the Western Hercules Beetle is more pronounced, and both species are included in the subfamily Dynastinae, the Rhinoceros Beetles.
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Hello!
Location: Richland, WA USA
September 10, 2011 9:35 pm
I was at a picnic and I saw this guy on my shoe. Do you know what it is?
Signature: Becki
Locust Borer
Hi Becki,
This strikingly marked beetle is a Locust Borer, Megacyllene robiniae, and it is an excellent mimic of stinging wasps like Yellow Jackets. Now that autumn is approaching and the goldenrod is beginning to bloom, we expect to be receiving numerous identification requests since the adults feed on pollen, especially goldenrod pollen. The larvae bore in the wood of Black Locust trees. According to BugGuide: “Eggs are laid in locust trees in the fall. Newly emerged larvae spend several months in tree trunks, first hibernating through the winter under the bark, then tunneling into trees in spring, eventually making tunnels about 4″ long and .25″ inch wide. They pupate late July/early August. Adult beetles emerge late August to September.” BugGuide also confirms our suspicions that this is not a native insect in the Pacific Northwest with this information: “Considered a serious pest of Black Locust trees; previously weakened or damaged trees are often killed by an infestation of the larvae. Previously confined to the native range of Black Locust in the northeast, it has spread with the trees throughout the US. Unfortunately Black Locust is used for reclamation and similar projects where trees are likely to be stressed out and thus more vulnerable to insect damage.” The Locust Borer was our Bug of the Month in October 2007.
What bug is this?
Location: Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico.
September 11, 2011 11:52 pm
September 7th 2011
Can you tell me what bug is this?
It just flew right at me.
It was around 10 pm kind of chill outside. Luckly I had my camera next to me.
Regards,
Frank J Morales Pizana
Signature: Frank
Banded Cucumber Beetle
Hi Frank,
This Banded Cucumber Beetle is one of the Leaf Beetles, and according to BugGuide: “Larva eat roots, and adults eat the rest of the plant parts” presumable of cucumbers and related plants.
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Stupid Question?
Location: southern indiana
September 11, 2011 10:52 pm
Is this grub worm the larva of this pinching bug? It seemed to be guarding all 5 grub worms with it’s life .Just curious thank you
Signature: brian
Big Headed Ground Beetle
Hi Brian,
The beetle is a Big Headed Ground Beetle, Scarites subterraneus, or another member of the genus. Interestingly, BugGuide has no photos of the Grubs from this genus. Most Ground Beetles have active larvae that are also predators. The Grub image that you submitted looks more like the larva of a Scarab Beetle. Even more interesting is that this is the second letter we have received (the first was earlier this year in May) indicating some reason the Big Headed Ground Beetles are found in close proximity to Scarab Grubs. We are going to try to get Eric Eaton to comment on this.
Scarab Beetle Grub
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