Lace Bug on Cannabis

Subject:  Bug on Cannabis Geographic location of the bug:  Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California Date: 09/28/2021 Time: 02:19 PM PDT Your letter to the bugman:  Dear Bugman, While inspecting my maturing marijuana buds in anticipation of harvest, I noticed this solitary insect on one of my bugs.  Can you identify it for me? How you … Read more

Lace Bug

Subject:  Very strange insect! Geographic location of the bug:  Great Falls, VA Date: 06/30/2021 Time: 11:34 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman:  Hello!   You helped me identify a pseudoscorpion in Boston in the nineties!  Now I have seen the strangest bug ever in Virginia.  It was less than a centimeter, brown with white markings, … Read more

Walnut Lace Bug, we believe

Subject:  Small box-like fly? Geographic location of the bug:  Western Pennsylvania Date: 08/19/2019 Time: 12:02 AM EDT Your letter to the bugman:  Hi! Just yesterday, this odd tiny, clear/brown fly landed on my hand. The bottom half of the wings are totally square. The pattern sort of makes it look like a lobster? I’ve never … Read more

Lace Bug

Subject:  New bug outside Geographic location of the bug:  Northeast Pennsylvania Date: 07/31/2018 Time: 03:22 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman:  Hello, We found this bug recently after getting wood from our wood pile, now we are finding them all over our yard and pool deck. They appear flat, can be squished, move easily … Read more

Chrysanthemum Lace Bug

Subject: WAFFLE BUG Location: Courtice, Ontario Canada September 9, 2016 5:40 pm I found this unusual bug on a leaf near the golden rod plants. Really different than anything I’ve seen before. It was eating the leaf. there were light tan colored ones and all white ones. they look like waffles. Hope you have an … Read more

Lace Bug

Subject: What’s That Bug? Location: Ridgecrest, California 93555 May 30, 2016 7:50 am Hi Bugman, The wife of a friend of mine (Ron) has been suffering a reaction to something for the better part of two years now. Today she came to him and said “I’ve caught one” and gave him a jar. He had … Read more