Subject: What are these bugs on my artichoke? Geographic location of the bug: Southern France Date: 04/29/2018 Time: 09:48 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Our artichoke plants are infested with these strange looking bugs. They are on artichoke plants quite far apart, but no other plants. Looks like some sort of lice (?) … Read more
Subject: Unknown bug Geographic location of the bug: Southern Ontario Canada Date: 04/29/2018 Time: 02:23 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Found this bug crawling on some laundry How you want your letter signed: Regards This is an immature Masked Hunter, a species frequently found indoors in the northern sections of North America. The … Read more
Subject: What kind of “nest” might this be? Geographic location of the bug: Eastern shore of maryland Date: 04/29/2018 Time: 01:22 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Could you help identify if this is an insect or bees nest? It’s fairly small. Less than an inch long and less than a half inch wide. … Read more
Subject: Pile of spiders! What kind? Geographic location of the bug: Mill Valley, CA, Marin County, right outside San Francisco, Northern CA Date: 04/27/2018 Time: 03:45 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Dear Bugman, I was out on my deck and I saw this in a spider web. My husband decided to hit it … Read more
Subject: Red beetle Geographic location of the bug: Foothills of Western Cascades in Washington Date: 04/26/2018 Time: 09:25 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Saw this on our deck… Can’t recall seeing a red beetle in our area before. What’s that bug? How you want your letter signed: Anonymous Dear Anonymous, This is a … Read more
Guérande butterfly Location: Guérande, France Date: April 27, 2018 Yesterday Monique and her sister Michele from France visited for coffee and Michele asked about this lovely butterfly, which we identified as an Old World Swallowtail, Papilio machaon, though the common name is just Swallowtail according to the Butterflies of Britain & Europe where it states: … Read more