Subject: Beetle Geographic location of the bug: Kentucky Date: 03/28/2020 Time: 11:39 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: What is this never seen one before. 11:35pm march How you want your letter signed: Ellis Dear Ellis, We believe your aquatic beetle is a Water Scavenger Beetle in the family Hydrophilidae which is well represented … Read more
Subject: biting swimmer in pool Geographic location of the bug: Queen Creek, AZ Date: 06/08/2019 Time: 04:38 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: We have found this type of bug in our Arizona pool (more than once). It swims very fast, it is not a water boatman, the legs are different and all go … Read more
Subject: Skimming around on the edge of my pond Geographic location of the bug: Tampa, Fl. Date: 11/29/2017 Time: 03:11 PM EDT Found these guys zooming around our pond. Tried to get closer for a shot but they zip off. How you want your letter signed: Curiously These are Whirligig Beetles in the family Gyrinidae. … Read more
Subject: what is this? Location: Preston county West virginia June 30, 2017 5:29 pm I found this while cleaning my pool. Could you please tell me what it is. The pool was drained to clean leaves at the bottom left from the fall. Signature: not in my pool The best we can do is identify … Read more
Subject: Green pool bug or shrimp? Location: Tampa, Florida April 8, 2016 3:49 pm Hello, We came across this “thing” and what we believe to be 100s, if not 1000s, of what we assume to be it’s babies? Because it looks like them, just really smaller. Thank you for identifying this, hopefully, for us. Signature: … Read more
Subject: Odd beetle/roach Location: Johnston, Iowa July 19, 2015 8:52 pm Hi there, My dad and I found this bug in a window well behind our house while cleaning out a lot of leaves. The bug was pretty big- as large as any roach that I’ve ever seen in Iowa. The window well is on … Read more