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Comment on Iridovirus Infected Blue Pill Bug by scienceGEEK

scienceGEEK — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:16:45 +0000

ummm, i’ve been doing research or pill and sow bugs latly and the reason that pillbug was blue was that it was sick not molting.

Comment on Tailless Whipscorpion or Tail-Less Whip Scorpion??? by jujubes

jujubes — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:06 +0000

I concur. Pseudoscoprions typically are much smaller over all, or have much longer legs (depending on their habitat). In fact, the largest pseudoscorpion I’ve ever seen, personally, was smaller than my pinky nail.

Comment on Female Hercules: Emerging or Victim??? by Decapitated Eastern Hercules Beetle | What's That Bug?

Decapitated Eastern Hercules Beetle | What's That Bug? — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:25:36 +0000

[...] where all the fatty nourishment is, and leave the head. This is a mysterious death. We posted a photo of a decapitated head of an Eastern Hercules Beetle several years [...]

Comment on Western Conifer Seed Bug: and What’s That Bug? book preview. Follow up Masked Hunter by clickbeetle

clickbeetle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:18:32 +0000

The “replicator” is a masked hunter. It is an immature true bug, but not of the Western Conifer Seed Bug. There are a lot of other pictures of the masked hunter elsewhere on WTB.

Comment on Immature Milkweed Assassin Bug assists with housework by Tallyres

Tallyres — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:05:40 +0000

My husband just got bit by one of these things, and reports that the bite is quite painful. It left a raised welt with red dot in the center on his forearm.

Comment on Orbweaver eats her mate by fivekitten

fivekitten — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:58:50 +0000

We are looking at almost the exact same spider who has made a web on the outside of our kitchen window and has been comfortable there for a couple days now. In the light, it looks like a halloween spider, and kinda like a mild version of the tarnatuals that have orange striped legs. But when my daughter and I looked at the markings right now, we noticed they are almost identical to this one. We’re in North East Tennessee Tri-Cities area. Love to know Thanks!

Comment on Potato Bug in Oklahoma by ivelostmyself

ivelostmyself — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:00 +0000

I live in Western Oklahoma, close to the Texas Panhandle border. This morning I found one of these bugs by my car. I put him in a cup so my 5 year old son could see him. Then we couldn’t figure out what it was. I looked up “American Burying Beetle” pictures on the internet, and I found this site. And here is my bug! Glad to know what it is.

Comment on Western Conifer Seed Bug: and What’s That Bug? book preview. Follow up Masked Hunter by oroboros

oroboros — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:35 +0000

Also, I feel a bit better too with this identification. I'm far enough south that rumors of Chagas disease spreading to the U.S. had me concerned.

Comment on Western Conifer Seed Bug: and What’s That Bug? book preview. Follow up Masked Hunter by oroboros

oroboros — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:51 +0000

How fascinating! I was quite sure of the general identity before I sent that, so I am really glad now for the serendipity that caused me to choose it and learn something new.

I do tend to find them closest to the window that is right next to a pine tree which now makes a lot of sense.

So here’s a followup then. I found this guy in my bathtub, and suspect that they are the same species but perhaps this is a juvenile?

I named the photo replicator because something about it reminded me of the replicators from the Stargate series.

Comment on Update: We’re finishing a Book by bugman

bugman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:36:18 +0000

Thanks Jeannie,
It is actually easier for us to answer questions than it is to try to put a cohesive and coherent chapter together. We awake each morning at around four and try to get a few hundred words committed to the manuscript before heading off to work to further the education of others.