Subject: What is this Geographic location of the bug: San Jose, Costa Rica Date: 12/03/2018 Time: 01:36 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Saw this a few weeks ago in San Jose Costa Rica in the late afternoon. Note the barb. What is this? How you want your letter signed: Jim R Dear Jim, … Read more
Subject: What bug is this? Geographic location of the bug: Tolima, colombia Date: 12/03/2018 Time: 12:38 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Is this big connected to chagras parasite? Is this a triatomine bug? How you want your letter signed: Violet Dear Violet, This is a Big Legged Bug in the family Coreidae, and … Read more
Subject: Speckled moth Geographic location of the bug: Israel Date: 12/03/2018 Time: 01:55 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: What is this? How you want your letter signed: SMG Dear SMG, We originally posted an image of Utetheisa pulchella, a Speckled Footman Moth, in 2006, but alas, the image does not currently show live. … Read more
Subject: What’s this bug? Geographic location of the bug: Tulsa, OK Date: 11/30/2018 Time: 07:34 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: About 1/2 – 3/4 of an inch long. I’ve had this little bug hanging out in my kitchen for several days. It startled me a few times because I thought it was a … Read more
Subject: A bronze lucanid species Geographic location of the bug: Seoul, Korea Date: 11/25/2018 Time: 03:26 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this little bugger last month. Our security guard attempted to kill it, but I saved it just in time. I think it’s a Prismognathus dauricus because I saw a picture … Read more