Subject: Brown Moth Geographic location of the bug: Hide-A_Way Hills, Hocking Cty, OH 43107 Date: 06/18/2020 Time: 08:39 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Found this by our front door, June 16, 2020. Could not find the exact same one online. What is it? How you want your letter signed: Jan Dear Jan, This … Read more
Subject: Moth ? Geographic location of the bug: Fremont , Michigan Date: 06/19/2020 Time: 04:07 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: I found this beauty on our siding. Wondering what it is. How you want your letter signed: Pam Dear Pam, Your pretty little Crambid Moth, Anania hortulata, is commonly called a Small Magpie, Anania hortulata … Read more
Subject: Rainbow beetle Geographic location of the bug: Western Washington state Date: 06/21/2020 Time: 06:16 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: What kind of bug is this ? How you want your letter signed: The Alvarados Dear Alvarados, This beautiful beetle is a Golden Buprestid, Buprestis aurulenta. It is pictured on iNaturalist.
Subject: Fast on foot and flies Geographic location of the bug: Eastern TN, US Date: 06/21/2020 Time: 12:33 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hi! Since moving to Eastern TN, we’ve found our new home to be teeming with all sorts of life. Here is one that stood out and which I could not … Read more
Subject: Antheraea Oculea Geographic location of the bug: Edgewood, New Mexico Date: 06/22/2020 Time: 01:14 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Oculea silk moth. Emerged under the English Oak in our back yard on June 21, 2020. How you want your letter signed: J. Bryan Dear J. Bryan, Thanks so much for submitting your … Read more
Subject: Dolomedes (?) with odd markings? Geographic location of the bug: Hawthorne, Florida Date: 06/22/2020 Time: 07:37 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Saw this large lady on the Hathorne trail, resting on a beam of a small bridge that crosses a tributary to Lake Lochloosa. Looks like Dolomedes to me but can’t find … Read more