Heteroptera
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Hello,
You have a great site. Can you tell me if this is an Assain Bug?
Thank You
Lynn
Hi Lynn,
You are close. Not an Assasin Bug but an Ambush Bug, Family Phymatidae. Your photo shows the four segmented clubbed antennae nicely. They wait on flowers and ambush flying insects many times their own diminutive size.
Please Tell me what this is
We found this in our back yard. It looks like it has some roach anatomy but it seems to have huge arms coming out of it just beneth it’s head. We have been looking online but can’t seem to find anything that looks similar to it. We live in Florida near the Panhandle. Thanks
Ryan, Jen, and Jared
"The Florida Nappers"
Navarre Florida
Hi Ryan,
Nice Toe-Biter images. This is a Giant Water Bug which can bite painfully. They are also known as Electric Light Bugs.
true bug?
I found this small bug on my eunonymous bush in the hudson valley, NY. It’s about 1/4" long.
Bennett Gray
Hi Bennett,
Yes this is a True Bug, but more specifically, it is an Ambush Bug, Family Phymatidae. These small greenish-yellow or brown and yellow insects are usually found on flowers where they wait to ambush insects, often bees or wasps many times their own size.
one for your eastern collection
Hi from Nova Scotia, Canada. Love the site and very informative for my photography. Shot this guy up in tree eating what appears to be a swallowtail caterpillar. Good to see other people who like the insects in their areas..
Chris Fralic
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Hi Chris,
The identification of immature specimens is often very difficult. We checked with Eric Eaton who echoed that: “I dont know. Good luck finding anyone who can ID nymphs! That could either be a pentatomid or an above-ground burrower bug in the genus Sehirus. Best I can do. ” Some species in the Family Pentatomidae, the Stink Bugs or Shield Bugs, are predatory. Appears you have one of those.
What’s this one?I have searched your site and have not found anything quite like this one. Can you help me identify it? I live in Charlotte, NC .
Thanks!
CAT
Hi CAT,
We suspect you only searched our homepage. If you go to the Assasin Bug page, you will find many pictures of Wheel Bugs, but nothing as glorious as yours. The Wheel Bug, Arilus cristatus, is valuable in the garden for the many pests it devours. Watch out though, it will give a painful bite if not respected.
what is it?
Hi,
Sorry, I am new at photographing bugs – this is the best I could do. I collected these bugs from our house and then dumped them on a tile – so some are on their back and two are stuck together on the 19 – Can you identify them? Unfortunately they are all over the neighborhood. Our neighborhood is under heavy construction since many homes were burned to the ground during the So. Cal wildfires in Oct. 2003. We are back in a newly rebuilt home and have had our share of ants to deal with. But this is a new one – we ’ re hoping these are not Powder Post Beetle s . Some of our neighbors are sure these are ticks. They have been sited in neighboring towns too – that are not under heavy construction. We have a newly built two-story house and they continue to appear upstairs and downstairs by the dozens. OK, we had fire, we had terrible rains last year, but hopefully there are no locusts on th e way. All kidding aside, we are so happy to be home and hope that you can tell us that this bug isn ’ t something that can destroy our home or carpet or hurt our animals. Thanks!
Lynda Felder
Hi Lynda,
These are neither ticks nor powderpost beetles, but Burrower Bugs, Family Cydnidae. According to Borror and Delong: “They are usually found burrowing beneath stones or boards, in sand, or in the mold about the roots of grass tufts; sometimes they are found in ant nests.” This might be Cyrtomenus mirabilis, a species found in the South and Southwest.
What is this bug?
Saw a bunch of these in Bushkill, PA. What is it?
Thanks
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
This is one of the Coreid Bugs or Big Legged Bugs or Leaf Footed Bugs. More specifically, it is an Acanthocephala species, probably confraterna. Eric Eaton believes it might be Acanthocephala terminatus.
a nicer cabbage bug
Hi Mr. Bug Man,
Here is a "nicer" picture of what looks like a harlequin cabbage bug on your web site. You are welcome to use this if you care to. This one has been relaxing outside my house in Northern New Mexico for a few days on a tall weed. I think it’s charming, but then I’m not a gardener!
Thanks for the image.
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