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	<title>What's That Bug?</title>
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		<title>Update:  We&#8217;re finishing a Book</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/update-were-finishing-a-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, we first posted the announcement that we are writing a book. Our book will not be an identification guide and it will not be a scientific text.  To quote from our proposal &#8220;Rather than using the Q&#38;A format, the book will be a compendium of accumulated information, and instead of concentrating on species identification [...]


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		<title>Bug of the Month November 2009:  Halloween Bug or Florida Predatory Stink Bug</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We received the following letter in such a timely manner that we thought we would choose it for the Bug of the Month for November.  Sadly, Halloween will have already passed, but adult Florida Predatory Stink Bugs will continue to appear.  We are combining that letter with a previous letter that shows the radically different [...]


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		<title>Mite in terrarium</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/mite-in-terrarium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mite or Tick ?
November 19, 2009
i&#8217;ve finished my new Azureus tank a few weeks ago, and i&#8217;ve found, several times, during the last few days these bugs crawling around my water feature edges.
some info of whats in the viv:
NO Frogs In The Viv ATM !!!
few broms and some riccia starting to expand on the ground.
water [...]


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		<title>Mole Cricket</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/mole-cricket-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crickets, Camel Crickets and Mole Crickets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wierd Bug in eastern NC
November 19, 2009
I am trying to figure out what this is. I have only seen one other like it. Up close, it looks like it has a lobsters head, mole paws and the features of a grasshopper. Soo strange. What is it and what does it do/eat?
Dawn
Eastern NC
Hi Dawn,
This is a [...]


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		<title>Leaf Footed Bug Hatchlings</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/leaf-footed-bug-hatchlings-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/leaf-footed-bug-hatchlings-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009
Small Red Insects hatching from some type of egg line on a stucco post of my house. I&#8217;ve seen these same insects on plants in my yard. What are they? Thanks,
Howard Williams
Houston, Texas USA
Dear Howard,
These are Leaf Footed Bug Hatchlings in the family Coreidae, but we are uncertain of the species.  They are [...]


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		<title>Bronze Orange Bug relative from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/bronze-orange-bug-relative-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/bronze-orange-bug-relative-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stink Bugs and Shield Bugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[November 19, 2009
Thank you so much!
I have one more bug picture that I have yet to identify.  I took it when I was in the Daintree Rainforest in Australia.  I looks like a stink bug to me, but I’ve never seen anything with the coloring and design.
Thanks again! I really appreciate your help!
Heather Scrowther
Daintree Rainforest, [...]


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		<title>Morpho helena from Ecuador</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/unknown-morpho-butterfly-from-ecuador/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/unknown-morpho-butterfly-from-ecuador/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butterfly Identification
November 18, 2009
Do you know what type of butterfly/moth this is? I took this picture in Ecuador
doesnt matter
Ecuador, south america
Dear doesnt matter,
This is a Morpho Butterfly, but we are uncertain of the exact species.  Since we have a book to finish, we cannot spend the time trying to get an exact species.  Perhaps Karl [...]


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		<title>Honey Bee on Ancient Coins</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/honey-bee-on-ancient-coins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/honey-bee-on-ancient-coins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ancient representation of which insect?
November 18, 2009
Dear Bugman,
I am studying insects and the ancient economy and am wondering what identification you would assign the insect on these 4th and 3rd century BC coins. It has traditionally been called a &#8220;bee&#8221; and I would like to know, from an entomological perspective, 1) is this ID accurate [...]


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		<title>Earth Boring Dung Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/earth-boring-dung-beetle-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orange and Black Mystery Beetle in TX
November 18, 2009
Found this colorful beetle tonight; size a little smaller than a dime, mostly orange with black head and markings. He was moving fast so sorry not a better photo.
11/18/09
Evelyn W.
Joshua (South Fort Worth),TX
Hi Evelyn,
Despite the rather poor quality of your photo, it is easy to identify your [...]


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		<title>Spider Wasp attacking Spider in New Zealand</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/spider-wasp-attacking-spider-in-new-zealand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/spider-wasp-attacking-spider-in-new-zealand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[spider wasps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spider Eating Bug
November 18, 2009
Dear Bugman, my friend was out in his garden the other day and saw this bug attacking a spider. It eventually carried it off down a hole. The bug was about the size of a small car&#8230; or maybe more like 5 or 6 centimetres. Later he found his cat screaming [...]


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