Subject: What is that??
Location: Alberta canada
June 30, 2016 11:38 pm
We found the bug in the bathroom and we are leaving in a apartment building having dogs and cats
Signature: English
Pseudoscorpion
Dear English,
This is a harmless, predatory Pseudoscorpion.
Subject: What kind of beetle?
Location: Mt. Vernon, Iowa
July 1, 2016 6:24 am
What do these beetles eat?
Signature: Cindy
Reddish Brown Stag Beetle
Dear Cindy,
This is a Reddish Brown Stag Beetle, Lucanus capreolus, and according to BugGuide, adults feed on: “tree sap (in captivity will drink diluted maple syrup or sugar water); larvae feed in rotting logs.”
Subject: Odd looking flying insect
Location: Ontario, Canada
June 30, 2016 7:10 pm
A friend of mine photographed this thing outside of her house today. What exactly is it?
Signature: Mike
Rose Plume Moth
Dear Mike,
We quickly identified your Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae as a Rose Plume Moth, Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, thanks to this image on BugGuide. According to BugGuide: “larvae feed on buds, flowers, and leaves of rose.”
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