could not identify this fly
Location: riyadh, saudi arabia
January 24, 2012 10:39 am
i have searched the internet and asked some people but still know nothing about it,the fly interested me with its unusual wings there are picture of an insect on them. so i caught it around afternoon under a clear sky in a cold day where the temperature was 14-9 c not far from my orange tree in my home Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. thank you for this chance and any idea will be grateful.
Signature: by keyobo
Unknown Fruit Fly
Dear keyobo,
While we don’t have an actual identification, we do have an idea. In our opinion, this is a Fruit Fly in the family Tephritidae. We will link to the BugGuide page of North American species for comparison. We haven’t had any luck identifying any Egyptian possibilities. Many Fruit Flies are important agricultural pests, especially if they are introduced from exotic locations.
¶ Posted 25 January 2012 § Fruit Flies ‡ ° Also tagged: Unknown night bug
January 23, 2012 1:11 pm
Dear Mr. Bugman,
I’ve spent some time trying to identify this bug but have been unsuccesful so far.
I’ve spotted it in the middle of a warm summer night in the Netherlands. It did not react to the flashlight of my camera. It seems it has underdeveloped wings and a weird set of ’teeth’ originating from the top of its head bending towards the bottom of its body.
Thanks for the awesome website, keep it up!
Signature: Thanks, Frank
Assassin Bug
Dear Frank,
We believe this is an Assassin Bug, a predatory True Bug in the family Reduviidae. Unless we are sorely mistaken, the underdeveloped wings are an indication that it is an immature specimen. We would not entirely rule out that this is a member of some other Heteropteran family though.
ID needed for derbidae family hopper
Location: Lake Eacham, tablelands, far north qld, australia
January 9, 2012 10:07 pm
Taken near Lake Eacham, far north queensland. rainforest over xmas hols.
I have taken similar ones before (Lydda elongata (Fabricius)i think) but this has a large nose !
thanks in advance
Signature: Andy
Derbid Planthopper
Dear Andy,
Your Derbid Planthopper images are gorgeous and quite detailed. We are posting this as an unidentified insect, and we hope to be able to eventually provide you with a genus or species identification.
Derbid Planthopper
The closeup image is especially nice.
Derbid Planthopper
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Do you know what this is?
Location: Martin, Western Australia
December 2, 2011 3:46 am
Hi,
I found this bug/insect/alien on my bed and I’m just wondering what it is. It seems to have feathers on its back legs and can do somersaults if it has to.
Do you know what it is?
Thanks
Signature: Hannah
Unidentified Leaf Footed Bug
Dear Hannah,
At first we thought that this was a Leaf Footed Bug or Big Legged Bug in the family Coreidae, but we couldn’t find it pictured on the Brisbane Insect website. Additional research led us to a listing in our own archives that identifies this as a Feather Legged Assassin Bug or Ant Assassin, Ptilocnemus lemur. We had originally misidentified that submission as a Leaf Footed Bug as well. There is some helpful information on the Myrmician website. Here are photos of mounted specimens from the Agriculture Western Australia website. Larena Woodmore also has a very nice photo.
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Unknown Silver-Black Spider from Nepal
Location: Nepal, Bandipur
December 22, 2011 12:51 pm
Could you help to identify this big spider?
May be a Silver Orb Spider ???
Found: 18. Oct. 2011, on an external, insect-trapping web.
Signature: Jürgen J. Müller
Orbweaver
Hello Jürgen,
Our research did not turn up anything conclusive. We agree that this is an Orbweaver, and it might be in the genus Argiope. Perhaps in the future, we will be able to provide a more specific identification.
¶ Posted 27 December 2011 § Orb Weavers ‡ ° Also tagged: Longhorm Weevil?
Location: South-East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
November 12, 2011 8:56 pm
Dear BugTeam,
Thank you for such a wonderful site: I often spend hours browsing all the different insects from around the world. 
I was wondering if you would be able to help me identify this beetle I found on my washing this (mild November) morning. It looks like a weevil, but the antennae have me stumped: I’ve never seen a weevil with such long, furry antennae before.
Many thanks for your help,
Signature: Jen
Longicorn
Dear Jen,
This is some species of Longicorn or Longhorned Borer Beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It appears to be posing on a fingertip, which would imply that it is quite small. We are having trouble finding a species identification. Your mention of the furry antennae is noteworthy. Though tufted antennae are not rare among Longicorns, they are often a distinguishing feature. We could not find an exact match on the Brisbane Insect website, however, there is one example identified as belonging to the genus Pentacosmia that looks similar to your beetle. Perhaps one of our readers will be able to assist us in this identification.
Unknown Longicorn
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Wasp?
Location: Perth, Western Australia
December 21, 2011 2:30 am
I was wondering if you can identify this wasp or fly for me. It was on my clothes line on a peg at 7am on 20/12/11. It was quite big – 3cm not including the antenna, and was photographed in Perth, Western Australia.
Signature: Jennifer O
Sawfly, possibly
Dear Jennifer O,
In our opinion, this appears to be a Sawfly. Sawflies are in the same order, Hymenoptera, as Wasps, Bees and Ants, but Sawflies do not sting. We cannot find a match on the Brisbane Insect website, nor did we find a convincing match on the Lifeunseen website. The Australian Museum website indicates there are 176 species in Australia. Larvae of Sawflies are sometimes mistaken for caterpillars and they are communal feeders that may defoliate plants if they are especially numerous. Perhaps one of our readers will be able to either correct our identification or provide a matching online image that may identify the species.
Unknown Sawfly, we believe
Tye Dye Colored Beetles
Location: Southern Yunnan, China
December 19, 2011 7:59 pm
Bugman what is this bug! I’ve never quite seen anything like it before, I’m hoping someone here has so they can help me identify it. I was walking through the rice paddies in southern Yunnan province, China when these beetles caught my eye. Bright pink and violet with tye dye looking spots. I know pretty much nothing about beetles so as far as my description of them goes, I hope the pictures are enough. They were found in the mountains, maybe a mountain tropical environment. Help me bugman!
Signature: erin
Jewel Bugs
Hi Erin,
We tried unsuccessfully to identify your species of Shield Bug from the family Scutelleridae, a group sometimes called Jewel Bugs because of their bright often metallic coloration. We searched using both common names and the family name, and we were unable to find a match for your distinctly colored species. Perhaps it has not been documented with photographs on the internet because of its remote location. The Brisbane Insectwebsite has some good information and photographs of relatives from Australia.
Jewel Bug
All of your photos show Jewel Bugs on similar leaves, perhaps the food plant. If we were able to identify the plant, it might help in the identification of your Jewel Bugs.
Jewel Bug
Thanks so much for the info. Being the bad beetle photographer that I am, or at least not thinking about what plant they were on at the time I took these photographs, I had moved the bugs to be on that specific plant. It was better than where one beetle was, on the ground walking past some animal scat. So I’m afraid the plant won’t help. But thanks so much for letting me know it’s a jewel bug of the Shield bug family. I really appreciate your help.
Thanks!
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