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Hi,
I always go to your site when I have a bug I don’t know (disturbingly, it happens a lot not because of lack of knowledge but because of our multitude of bugs!!). My son and I LOVE your site!!! We can view all the strange bugs that are cool and gross and creepy and cute. Anyway, thought you might want to add this shot of a Hag Moth we found in a bush in our front yard. I Identified it in part with your website’s help-Thanks. Luckily I did NOT pick it up as I had intended to do because I just learned they sting and it is not a nice thing especially in those prone to allergic reactions (me). Anyway-our family loves your site. Keep up the great work and I am sure eventually I will find something you haven’t already identified and will send it your way.
K. Ackles
Friendswood Texas
Hi K,
Your photograph is such an interesting angle on the Monkey Slug, another common name for the stinging Hag Moth Caterpillar.
¶ Posted 05 November 2007 § ‡ ° Alien bug
alien looking bug my wife and kids found while gathering walnuts off the ground. cant ID it on your bug site. thank you very educating site,
Jim.
Hi Jim,
This amazing insect is a Slug Moth Caterpillar, Isa textula. Handle with care since it has stinging spines.
¶ Posted 20 September 2007 § ‡ ° Stinging Rose Caterpillar?
Found this little guy just below an oak tree. It resembles the Stinging Rose, but the yellow color makes me believe that it can vary in color…maybe one of a few instars? Thanks,
Jose Covas
Hi There Jose,
The Stinging Rose Caterpillar can vary in color considerably, from greenish yellow to bright orange red. According to BugGuide, in addition to rose leaves, the caterpillar also feeds on the foilage of: “apple, cottonwood, dogwood, hickory, oak, redbud, sycamore.”
¶ Posted 17 September 2007 § ‡ ° Bugs
I found this bug on the leaf of my Red Maple tree, had never before seen this bug can you tell what it is, what it turns into, is it common in Ontario, Canada. Thank you
Kevin Axt
Hi Kevin,
This is a Spiny Oak Slug Caterpillar in the genus Euclea. It ranges through much of the Eastern U.S. and Canada.
¶ Posted 10 September 2007 § ‡ ° Obscure green “boat” bug with suction cup “feet”
LOOOVE the site. Have hatched 2 sets of praying mantis, hatched a female Polyphemus moth who attracted TWELVE(1) males and, also hatched a male Cecropia moth earlier in the summer. Just had a 4″ female mantis attract a male and mate; waiting to see when she’ll lay her egg sack…At any rate, I’ve been a critter gal since my youth and am familiar with many of your typical insects. The attached, though, has me completely perplexed and befuddled. What the heck is it??? It was so neat – slightly less than an inch, bright green, shaped somewhat like a boat, and appeared to have a suction-cup type underside (traveled around on my daughter’s index finger for hours). Sort of an armadillo-type of insect in that it had a hard shell on the outside with a softer section underneath..
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
This is a Slug Moth Caterpillar in the family Limacodidae, but we cannot be certain of the genus or species.
¶ Posted 08 September 2007 § ‡ ° fern green-yellow-red larvae?
Hi Bugman,
My son found this on a rock next to our house in rural southwestern New Hampshire. The rock has some lichen or moss growing on it, and our yard is quite mossy. It may have fallen off a hardwood tree (maple or alder?) that I had recently shaken. Based on what I could find on your site and others it looks related to lacewing, sawfly or other wasp larvae – but I couldn’t find anything with the frond like antennae or the round green leaf like plates along it’s body. Thanks for your help!
In addition to oak, the Spiny Oak Slug Caterpillar, Euclea delphinii feeds “on leaves of apple, basswood, cherry, chestnut, maple, oak, redbud, sycamore, willow, and other broad-leaved woody plants” according to BugGuide.
¶ Posted 07 September 2007 § ‡ ° caterpillar that stings
I found this bug on my blueberry bushes and it stung me. I thought it was stinging nettles but on closer look found this bug. What’s that bug?
Nancy
Hi Nancy,
This is a Saddleback Caterpillar and yes, it does sting.
¶ Posted 31 August 2007 § ‡ ° Dear bugman,
We found four of these bugs in Southern New Jersey on August 13 on a Burning Bush (it was not actually on fire, thats the name of the bush)! Whats that bug? Please reply if it is not too much trouble!
Josh Gager & Lindsey Williams
Hi Josh and Lindsey
These are Saddleback Caterpillars, Sibine stimulea. Handle with care since those are stinging spines that will cause local irritation, but no lasting effects.
¶ Posted 13 August 2007 § ‡ ° 
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