Subject: Caterpillar eating rhubarb Geographic location of the bug: Lancaster, PA Date: 10/03/2021 Time: 10:06 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: These caterpillars are devastating our rhubarb. Any idea what they are? How you want your letter signed: Joe Dear Joe, This looks like a Yellow-Striped Armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli, which is pictured on … Read more
Subject: caterpillar ID Geographic location of the bug: Orange county NYS Date: 08/21/2021 Time: 06:36 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hi Bugman, Can you please Id this? Took it of concord grapes growing outside in field. Thanks! How you want your letter signed: Linda Dear Linda, This is the caterpillar of an Eight … Read more
Subject: Budworm Geographic location of the bug: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California Date: 06/21/2021 Time: 05:46 PM PDT Your letter to the bugman: I found a bud worm on a sprout indoors under lights???? How you want your letter signed: Mel Frank Dear Mel, Thanks so much for your submission of a Tobacco Budworm caterpillar, … Read more
Subject: Green Lynx Spider eats Budworm Geographic location of the bug: Mt. Washington, Los Angeles, CA Date: 10/23/2019 Time: 07:15 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Dear Bugman, Exactly one month ago, I sent in images of a Green Lynx Spider that laid an egg sac on one of my medical marijuana plants, and … Read more
Subject: I found evidence of a Budworm on My Woody Plant Geographic location of the bug: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, CA Date: 08/20/2019 Time: 4:43 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Dear Bugman, I was inspecting the nugs of My Woody Plant when I discovered evidence of Budworms on two colas. I’ve learned so … Read more
Subject: Caterpillar we’ve never seen Geographic location of the bug: Belfast, Maine Date: 08/14/2019 Time: 12:26 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: We saw this caterpillar this morning in our yard. We simply can’t find any one similar in trying to identify what it is. How you want your letter signed: Katie Dear Katie, … Read more