Subject: night fliers! Location: Central Chile, Coastal Mountains (Matorral, rural) January 24, 2014 6:15 am Hi bugman, I have been perusing your site for years trying to identify this creature that enjoys flying into my eyes at night. I rarely see them during the day but as soon as the sun goes down, they begin … Read more
The Big 5 are five potentially dangerous bugs. Though we do not by any means endorse any wholesale extermination of the creatures on this list, we would caution all of our readers to treat these guys, though more are actually gals, with the utmost respect. They will all bite and or sting, and they are … Read more
Ant/Wasp/Fly hybrid in Baja June 5, 2010 We got invaded by these bugs a couple weeks ago. They were crazy and pesky keeping us up at night. They are reddish like an ant, with a striped abdomen like a wasp, a face like an ant and wings like a fly. Big beady eyes and I’m … Read more
Thought you might like this I’ve attached a picture that we took of a "Cow-killer", aka "Velvet ant". Thought you might like it. Stefan Bowers hi Stefan, We will happily post your photo, but we need to caution our readers not to mishandle this female Velvet Wasp as she can deliver a painful sting if … Read more