Subject: What bugs are these? Location: Cairns, QLD, Australia December 3, 2016 7:11 am Found these in my yard. Signature: CE Dear CE, Like another of your submitted images, we believe this is a Stilt Legged Fly in the family Micropezidae, but unlike the previous image, we have not been successful in finding any matching … Read more
Subject: What’s that bug? Location: Northeast California, USA November 29, 2016 11:47 am Theis big is found in Northeastern California, USA. They are about 1/2 to 3/4 inches in length. Brown/black in color with red-orange marking I got along their backs. They can fly but not far and as they fly the open wings reveal … Read more
Subject: What bugs are these? Location: Cairns, QLD, Australia December 3, 2016 7:11 am Found these in my yard. Signature: CE Dear CE, We believe this is a Signal Fly in the family Platystomatidae based on this BugGuide image of a member of the genus Rivellia. According to BugGuide they are found: “worldwide, incl. most … Read more
Subject: What Beetle Location: Noida, U.P. India December 11, 2016 12:22 pm Dear Daniel, Kindly assist in identifying this matt Charcoal coloured Beetle. thanks Signature: Aditi Dear Aditi, We believe this is a Darkling Beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, and it looks similar to this individual posted to FlickR and to the Dusty Brown Beetle … Read more
Subject: What is this bug? Location: Borneo December 13, 2016 8:14 am Hey Bugman, On a recent trip to Borneo we came across this funky bug. Very praying mantis in its stance, but flies like some sort of wasp. Super cool creature that we spent about 30mins watching as it waited for ants or flys … Read more
Subject: What bugs are these? Location: Cairns, QLD, Australia December 3, 2016 7:11 am Found these in my yard. Signature: CE Dear CE, This is a Stilt Legged Fly in the family Micropezidae, and we are quite confident we have identified it as the Black Stilt Legged Fly, Mimegralla australica, thanks to the Brisbane Insect … Read more