Comments for What's That Bug?

Comment on Forest Caterpillar Hunter, not Fiery Searcher by noel

noel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:37:08 +0000

That is a very beautiful pic of a Calosoma sycophanta forest caterpillar hunter imported from europe,in the early 1900s to control the spread of the gpsy moth in Massachussettes.The native fiery searcher Calosoma scrutator has a red margins going around the edges of the elytra which is slightly darker matellic green to dark The previous is more of a golden green with reddish irradesence in elytra lacking the red margin on edges of elytra.Compare on bugguide.net. sincery Buggnout.

Comment on Cancle or Tailless Whipscorpion from Mexico by maggiet19

maggiet19 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:49:39 +0000

I live on the coast in Mexico…actually the area is jungle. The locals had told me about the cancle…they call it the mother of scopians and say that it is highly dangerous. I had a rather large one in my bathroom and fearing for my dog who goes after everything, I sprayed it. I put it in a zip lock and brought it to my vet who is also a zoologist. He told me what it was and brought out a book with numerous photos…also told me that the locals are wrong about it. This was several weeks ago. Today lunching with some Mexicans we were talking about bugs and they mentioned the dangerous cancle. I didn’t remember the name of the bug I had before so this time I wrote the name down and looked it up at your website. Sure enough it was the same bug.
I live in an environment where bugs are common place, but am not happy when they are scorpions, alacrans or 8 inch long centipedes; they have their life ended. The beautiful brown and rust tarantula on my terrace this morning was scooted off before my dog saw it and ended his life.
I’ve had pet praying mantis living in a vase of flowers for weeks. I feed it bugs with a tweezer and mist them periodically.

Comment on Leaf Skeletonizer Moth on Euonymus by Megan

Megan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:12:22 +0000

I definitely have these in my yard also! They are swarming all over, but they seem to hang out around this one bush I have and my porch, mostly. I’ve never seen them before this year (in Anne Arundel County too). I’m interested in seeing what anyone comes up with for this, because they are everywhere.

Comment on Potato Bug … In Florida????????? by cjvector

cjvector — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:42:27 +0000

this is a bug I know from my childhood in Miami, Florida. I swear to you! I just searched for it as a chinch bug, because that’s what I used to call them. I would see them in my yard and used to hear my father say we had chinch bugs if we had brown spots in the yard. I assumed that’s what a chinch bug was. Thank you for the site. I just saw a photo of a dog that looked JUST LIKE ONE! had to find a photo of this bug to show the owner of the dog.

Comment on Drugstore or Cigarette Beetle by Tutu

Tutu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:06:26 +0000

Hi, I realize that your posting on the drugstore or cigarette beetle, which I guess is some sort of Anobiidae beetle, was posted some years ago, but I’m hoping to renew this discussion. I began finding these tiny creatures in my apartment about four months ago. I’m guessing it is the same bug b/c it looks exactly like it. I don’t know how to get rid of them!!! I’ve had pest control come in and spray. Then I put three Raid bombs throughout my house, cleaned from top to bottom, through out all dried foods, and since then have kept all dried food in the refridgerator. All of this has helped, but they never went away, and now they are beginning to increase again. I think I definitely have an infestation. I don’t know what they are feeding on, or what they are attracted to. I keep finding them around my kitchen cabinets mostly. Please help!!! I am not a lover of “creepy crawlies.”

Comment on Figeaters eating Figs by wmatthews

wmatthews — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:24 +0000

Back home, in the Ozarks, we called these “June Bugs”. It was fun to tie a piece of thread to a hind leg and let them fly around or catch a jar full of them just for fun or fish with. That was entertainment!

Comment on Western Conifer Seed Bug appreciates fine art rugs by Daiquirii

Daiquirii — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:42:42 +0000

I’m also from CT and am experiencing my first fall with these bugs. The first one I found in my bathroom late at night, it got a trip down a toilet, but not before spraying that awful smell. I didn’t bother to find out what it was then.
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Tonight I had another encounter, though this one was unseen. My boyfriend and i were watching tv and all of a sudden we heard an insect thrashing around. Then the smell hit me, and I instantly recognized it. Boyfriend didn’t smell anything, so I tried to describe it. It smelled like an unripe banana peel, and he recognized it then. Decided to find out what it was this time, and after a bit of googling I found out it was this guy.
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Just wish I knew where tonight’s invader went. Now I know its not harmful, but I’d rather not have it getting spooked and spraying regularly.

Comment on Western Conifer Seed Bug by ert

ert — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:51 +0000

I found one of these on a window in my apartment in San Francisco just a couple days ago. I captured it and it’s now residing in a former salad container with some dirt, chard and a grape. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ertiepie/4048048861/ One thing: I did notice when I transferred it from the small container to its new biodome, it did try to fly a little bit. Maybe it was more of a wing-enhanced hop, but it definitely caught air.

Comment on Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar by kenstrothkamp

kenstrothkamp — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:47:17 +0000

I realize they are old photos but I’m hoping to find at least some of the photographers.

Thanks.

Ken

Comment on Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar by bugman

bugman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:06:04 +0000

Hi Ken,
We see that you posted comments on all the photos of this species that are on our site. Good luck getting the information you requested since many of those postings are many years old. Sadly, we do not maintain contact information on our contributors.