Whats this bug!!!!
Location: Puerto Rico
December 4, 2011 9:36 am
Hey I’m doing a proyect about animals and I was wondering the name of the species of this bug. I found it at Puerto Rico. at night soo please replay as soon as possible thank you very much 
Signature: Jenny
Stink Bug
I’ve found the name s Loxa viridis!
Jenny
Hi Jenny,
Congratulations on finding your own identification. We were going to suggest that it might be the Stink Bug Loxa flavicollis, which is the only member of the genus represented on BugGuide. According to BugGuide the type locality is Jamaica. We cannot say for certain which of these two species is the actual correct identification, however, we are confident that we have both properly identified the genus.
Do you know what this is?
Location: Martin, Western Australia
December 2, 2011 3:46 am
Hi,
I found this bug/insect/alien on my bed and I’m just wondering what it is. It seems to have feathers on its back legs and can do somersaults if it has to.
Do you know what it is?
Thanks
Signature: Hannah
Unidentified Leaf Footed Bug
Dear Hannah,
At first we thought that this was a Leaf Footed Bug or Big Legged Bug in the family Coreidae, but we couldn’t find it pictured on the Brisbane Insect website. Additional research led us to a listing in our own archives that identifies this as a Feather Legged Assassin Bug or Ant Assassin, Ptilocnemus lemur. We had originally misidentified that submission as a Leaf Footed Bug as well. There is some helpful information on the Myrmician website. Here are photos of mounted specimens from the Agriculture Western Australia website. Larena Woodmore also has a very nice photo.
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Strange Green Bug
Location: Burlingame, California
December 22, 2011 7:00 pm
Just got linked to this site by a friend! I found this bug waiting for me at the top of my basement steps this afternoon, never seen anything like it before! Only one photo came out clearly, but this guy’s only about the size of a dime.
Signature: Marisa
Southern Green Stink Bug Nymph
Hi Marisa,
This is an immature Stink Bug. They are sometimes difficult to properly identify to the species level, but based on a photo posted to BugGuide, we believe this is the nymph of a Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula.
Whats this bug?
Location: Charleston (James Island), South Carolina
December 21, 2011 10:30 am
Saw this in my bed this morning and I have never seen it before. I just moved to Charleston,SC so maybe its something native? It had an oval slender red body with long legs? It kind of looked like a red ant with spider legs? Could you tell me what it is
Signature: Curious
Assassin Bug Nymph
Dear Curious,
This is an Assassin Bug nymph, most likely the Milkweed Assassin Bug. It is an outdoor predator that was probably accidentally trapped in the home. Though Milkweed Assassin Bugs do not normally bite humans, they will bite, quite painfully, if carelessly handled.
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Blue-Black-Golden Bug
Location: India, Khajuraho, Garden of Taj Chandela
December 19, 2011 8:49 am
Date: 7. Nov. 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Wonderful Blue-Black-Golden Bug sitting in the garden.
Can anybody help to identify this insect?
Thank you very much,
Juergen J. Mueller
This is an Assassin Bug, but your photo is too small to post.
Signature: Juergen J. MuellerAssasin Bug
Location: Location: India, Khajuraho, Garden of Taj Chandela
December 19, 2011 2:04 pm
Thank you,
hier is a larger photo from the Assassin Bug for posting.
Date: 7. Nov. 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Juergen J. Mueller
Signature: Juergen J. Mueller
Assassin Bug from India
Hi again Juergen,
Thank you for sending a larger photo. We have posted your request. The detail in the larger image may help us identify the species of predatory Assassin Bug.
Karl provides an identification: December 29, 2011
Re: Assassin Bug from India – December 19, 2011
Hi Daniel and Juergen:
I believe your Assassin Bug belongs to the genus Sycanus (Reduvidae: Harpactorinae). There are at least 18 species listed for India and many look quite similar, so getting a species identification is going to be difficult. You can check out these images of S. collaris from Thailand and S. croceovittatus from Hong Kong and Russia (?). Both species look quite similar to your Assassin Bug and both also occur in India. The concern I have is that most, but not all, Sycanus species display a fairly prominent scutellar spine (sticking out from the middle of the back) and I don’t really see one in the posted image. Apparently the spine is sometimes missing from individuals of ‘spined’ species (I can’t see one on the bug featured in the Hong Kong link, above, either). It could be one of several species that have a reduced spine or none at all. Perhaps it is there but not visible due to lighting or the angle of the shot, or it may have lost its spine. I hope this helps. Regards. Karl
Tye Dye Colored Beetles
Location: Southern Yunnan, China
December 19, 2011 7:59 pm
Bugman what is this bug! I’ve never quite seen anything like it before, I’m hoping someone here has so they can help me identify it. I was walking through the rice paddies in southern Yunnan province, China when these beetles caught my eye. Bright pink and violet with tye dye looking spots. I know pretty much nothing about beetles so as far as my description of them goes, I hope the pictures are enough. They were found in the mountains, maybe a mountain tropical environment. Help me bugman!
Signature: erin
Jewel Bugs
Hi Erin,
We tried unsuccessfully to identify your species of Shield Bug from the family Scutelleridae, a group sometimes called Jewel Bugs because of their bright often metallic coloration. We searched using both common names and the family name, and we were unable to find a match for your distinctly colored species. Perhaps it has not been documented with photographs on the internet because of its remote location. The Brisbane Insectwebsite has some good information and photographs of relatives from Australia.
Jewel Bug
All of your photos show Jewel Bugs on similar leaves, perhaps the food plant. If we were able to identify the plant, it might help in the identification of your Jewel Bugs.
Jewel Bug
Thanks so much for the info. Being the bad beetle photographer that I am, or at least not thinking about what plant they were on at the time I took these photographs, I had moved the bugs to be on that specific plant. It was better than where one beetle was, on the ground walking past some animal scat. So I’m afraid the plant won’t help. But thanks so much for letting me know it’s a jewel bug of the Shield bug family. I really appreciate your help.
Thanks!
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Insect
Location: Ellisras (Limpopo)
December 12, 2011 11:51 pm
Good Morning
Can you tell me what insect this is.
Thank you
Signature: By email
Giant Water Bug
Dear By email,
Your insect is an aquatic Giant Water Bug. The species found in North America are commonly called Toe-Biters or Electric Light Bugs. The giants found in Southeast Asia are eaten as delicacies. Giant Water Bugs are found on all continents with the possible exception of Antarctica.
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