Subject: What is this bug?
Geographic location of the bug: South Central Wisconsin
Date: 06/12/2019
Time: 02:27 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hi,
We have found TWO of these bugs in our home in the last 12 hours. We live in a small city, but our house is at the end of a street adjacent to farm fields. Given the amount of rain we have had this spring, there is standing water in some areas of the fields not far from our house. I have never seen any of these bugs before that I know of, but especially not in our house. Last night’s sighting including the bug crawling up from the inside of a new reclining chair!
How you want your letter signed: K
Dear K,
This is a Giant Stonefly or Salmonfly in the genus Pteronarcys. Based on your location, we are surmising this is a Midwestern Salmonfly, Pteronarcys pictetii, which is pictured on BugGuide.