Subject: What is this?? Geographic location of the bug: Buffalo, NY Date: 08/30/2021 Time: 06:17 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: What is this? Should I get rid of it? Is it dangerous? How you want your letter signed: Thank you, Lisa Wiest Dear Lisa, We identified these a Maple Spindle Galls on Ohio … Read more
Subject: Weird Little Red Spider Geographic location of the bug: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Date: 11/03/2019 Time: 01:05 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this weird little thing just chilling on my school desk, and had never seen a spider like it so though to see if someone else knows what it is. … Read more
Subject: Burying Beetle (?) COVERED with phoretic mites Geographic location of the bug: Tonasket WA Date: 07/24/2019 Time: 11:10 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Poor thing couldn’t fly or retract it’s wings, but it was moving really fast and furious on the ground in the driveway. Surprised my camera picked stuff up as … Read more
Subject: Unusually bright red bug Geographic location of the bug: Accra, Ghana, West Africa Date: 03/17/2019 Time: 10:27 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hello, seeing this beautiful creature for the first time, wondering what it is. How you want your letter signed: TF Dear TF, This is a Velvet Mite in the family … Read more
Subject: Green Beetle with bushy looking legs: definitely can fly. Geographic location of the bug: Northern CA – Sunnyvale. Date: 08/21/2018 Time: 09:36 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: This guy was hanging out in my compost bin with friends. My guess is that they were grubs and just emerged. Are they Japanese Beetles? … Read more
Subject: Red Bug Geographic location of the bug: North Georgia Mountains Date: 03/18/2018 Time: 03:44 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: We’d appreciate your assisting in identifying this beautiful bug. How you want your letter signed: Monroe DeVos Dear Monroe, This looks to us like a Velvet Mite in the family Trombidiidae and though … Read more