sable moths Hello bug people, Thought you might enjoy this photo of what I think are White Spotted Sables, Anania funebris. They were on my deck in upstate New York in early June. My five-year-old son and I thought they were very handsome, although we had different theories about what they might be doing. Kathie … Read more
WHOA! Weird bug! Hey Bugman! I live in Tampa, Florida. The other day I was in my backyard the other day at night with some friends. Suddenly my friend screams and yells that something smacked her face! I shined the light on her face and suddenly I realized that there was this bug just chilling … Read more
firefly look alike Hi, I saw this guy crawling around a garden in Houston, Tx and could not identify him (or her). At first glance, I thought it was a firefly, but of course he isn’t. He moved pretty quickly and looks like a roach. He was about 3/4" long and wouldn’t stand still for … Read more
One I know, one I don’t Here are a couple of pics of critters from my back yard in Debary, FL (Central Florida) The butterfly, an Old World Swallowtail, was only minutes to hours old when I snapped the photo – not sure how long they take to fly. He came home with us from … Read more
caterpillars? in Florida We live in Orlando, Florida and my husband found these caterpillars (?) on our Key Lime Tree. Can you tell us what kind they are? They had amazing long red forked tongues. We are a crowd of bug lovers but we have never seen these and they made us a bit nervous … Read more
zoomed in pic of moth Hi bugman, I wrote a week ago asking what kind of moth this was. I was looking at the pic I emailed in and noticed I couldn’t zoom in very much before it got blurry. So I cropped the original (I was too lazy to get my hard drive out … Read more