bug indentification
Location: North East Ohio by a pond
May 30, 2011 9:06 pm
Do you know the name of this bug?
I found it on Memorial Day on this Siberian Iris.
Signature: Spencer Anderson
Assassin Bug
Hi Spencer,
This is a beneficial, predatory Assassin Bug in the genus Zelus. They are reported to bite if carelessly handled, and the bite is allegedly somewhat painful, though there is no lasting effect.
Stinkbug with hairy legs?
Location: El Paso, TX
May 29, 2011 1:20 am
Hello WTB! It’s nice and hot here in Texas and the bugs are really starting to invite themselves into the house. I’m thinking that this tiny fellow is from the stinkbug family, but I’ve never seen one with hairy legs like that. Can stinkbugs have hairy legs or is this actually a kind of roach? Thanks for any help!
Signature: Jen
Burrowing Bug
Hi Jen,
Though this is not a Stink Bug it is a related True Bug in the suborder Heteroptera. This is a Burrowing Bug in the family Cydnidae based on some images posted to BugGuide. We are very excited to be creating a new subcategory for Digger Bugs thanks to your photograph. We will also search our archives to see if there are any other Burrowing Bugs buried there.
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Do you know whats this bug?
Location: Kerman, Iran
May 27, 2011 7:27 am
I find so many of them in our garden.
Thanks
Signature: MNZ
Firebug
Dear MNZ,
This distinctive European Hemipteran is commonly called a Firebug. It is in the Red Bug family Pyrrhocoridae and its scientific name is Pyrrhocoris apterus. We learned on the British Bugs website that it feeds on mallow and limes.
Plant bug ID
Location: Hyampom, CA
May 25, 2011 1:25 am
Hello,
I am trying to ID this little guy. It was found in Northern California near the Oregon border. It hasn’t caused any plant damage that I can see.
It resembles a Boxelder bug but has no x marking on its back. Everything else seems the same (color, shape and size).
Do you have any idea what it might be?
Thanks in advance.
Signature: Steve
Bordered Plant Bug
Hi Steve,
Your mistaking this individual for a Boxelder Bug is understandable. It is a Bordered Plant Bug, most likely Largus californicus. According to BugGuide, it feeds upon: “Mostly plants (flowers, leaves, fruit) from a range of families, with a preference for Lupines. L. californicus is not considered a “pest species” of economic importance.” We will be going through our archive to find some nice high resolution images of this Bordered Plant Bug to use in our presentation at the Theodore Payne Foundation this Saturday.
red/orange eyed bugs
Location: northcentral Texas
May 21, 2011 5:13 pm
These bugs/beetles were crawling around the sidewalk and rocks at Elm Fork Nature Preserve in Carrollton, Texas. I believe it was summer and they have been spotted in dry fallen leaves at Hagerman NWR in Sherman, Texas also.
Signature: Brenda Loveless
Red Shouldered Bug
Hi Brenda,
You encountered an aggregation of Red Shouldered Bugs, Jadera haematoloma, also known as Goldenrain Tree Bugs. The winged individual is an adult, and the individual with more red markings is an immature nymph. Red Shouldered Bugs often form large aggregations. You may read more about the Red Shouldered Bug on BugGuide.
Red Shouldered Bug Nymph.
Weird Bugs
Location: Spartanburg SC
May 19, 2011 8:41 am
We found this colony of bugs on a wooden saw horse at work…What are they? Never seen them before.
Signature: Melvin
Florida Predatory Stink Bug Nymphs
Dear Melvin,
We just responded to another identification request for a Florida Predatory Stink Bug nymph, Euthyrhynchus floridanus, but that photo was quite blurry and we chose not to post it. Your photo is quite stunning. This group of young nymphs will hunt in a pack before setting off on their own. More information on the Florida Predatory Stink Bug can be found in our archives and BugGuide is always an excellent source of information for North American insects and other “bugs”.
Orange and Black insect
Location: Ocean Springs, MS
May 19, 2011 6:33 pm
I have these sitting on a leaf from my Zucchini plant.
Are they harmful to the plant? We also have yellow squash, tomatoes, cucumber, and basil. Will it harm them as well?
Thanks for your input.
Signature: Phil
Immature Hemipterans
Dear Phil,
These are immature Hemipterans, and nymphs are often quite difficult to correctly identify to the species level. Our best guess is that they are in the family Coreidae and that they are plant feeders which will not benefit your zucchini as they suck the fluids from the leaves and stems. We would recommend spraying them off with a hose. Once they are no longer in a group, they will be more easily picked off by predators.
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