What is this? I found this crawling toward my 7 month baby…please please please tell me I don’t have cockroaches!! Thanks! Jennifer Hi Jennifer, The good news is that Cockroaches will not attack your baby, but this is a Cockroach. Whether or not you have Cockroaches in the plural is yet to be determined. As … Read more
Hello – afraid i’m back again Hello Bugman The last time I had an identification problem you were kind enough and able to help (A Bee Assassin Bug) – This time it’s the largest Cicada I have ever seen! It’s overall length is 90mm and body length is 50mm. I have chased all the cicada … Read more
some kind of Sphinx Moth??? Well this is one of our more colorful moths, is it some kind of Sphinx moth? I live in "upcountry" 2500 ft Hawaii in Waimea where it is often cooler and misty. In Nov and Dec, we get these moths. I have seen the larva and they are too creepy … Read more
Help, help … Moth? Butterfly? What-in-the-world IS this? Hi! What a delight to find your website while searching for “moth tufted tail” !! I’m so curious about the “identity” of this striking little moth (or butterfly?)I found on my door screen in Houston, Texas on a morning in October 2005. It was about 3/4 inches … Read more
Butterfly type? Hi there, its the start of winter here in Ontario and while walking along a creek the other day I found this on an old surveying stick. Its about 2.5 inches long by 1.5 wide and 1.5 deep, pretty fat for what I’m guessing is a butterfly pupae. It was found near Orangeville, … Read more
tiger moth mating Hello bugman, A few months ago I submitted shots of tiger moths laying eggs along with the hatched larvae. I did not originally have the moths mating picture. I finally located it! Hope you still need one. Nancy (havard) Rendel San Luis Obipso, CA Hi Nancy, We received and posted the egg … Read more