I live in southern california. Is their such a thing as a mosquito eater? A larger species of mosquito that eats normal small mosquitos. My brother's Science...
I am afraid the Science Teacher is right, there aren't any large adult mosquitoes that eat other mosquitoes. There are many species of Crane Flies that look...
Hello guys, 1. Stumbled across a green/brown bug (look under "Adam's Bugs" in "Photos") on my dinner table over a week ago, which I suspect its type's a...
Hi Adam, You're right, the order is Hemiptera , and the bug is a shield bug. Not sure what type though. Where do you live? The spider looks to me like a garden...
Adam, I'm not an expert on the Hemiptera so could well be wrong (i.e. check with a real expert to be sure) but I think the Shield Bug is Cyphostethus...
Cheers for that, David & Graeme. Your info had been most helpful! Added in new pics of a bigger "shield bug" specimen caught on camera today. Guess these...
The bigger one looks like Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hawthorn shieldbug) to me. This one extends north the the Highlands and is noted as spreading....
I am a theatre director and am developing a project to produce a play called "The Hive", about the treatment or exploitation of the work of Rupert Brooke after...
I'm not good on ladybirds but am I correct in assuming this one ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/ladybird.jpg ) is 2 spot ladybird - Adalia...
Hello David Im no expert either but it could be a pine ladybird - see Pauls pics at:- http://www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/londonla.htm Reg...
Ha! My 5-year-old daughter found one of these in our conservatory yesterday. She called it a "topsy-turvy ladybird" because it's red-on-black instead of...
member of bugclub bugclub@yahoogroups.com USA Estimados amigos, Como un nuevo recurso para los que no pueden viajar en Nicaragua o adentro de Nicaragua, les...
Does anyone here know anything about centipedes? Digging the garden (NW Kent, Southern England), over the weekend, I found plenty of 'normal' common centipedes...
Hi Graeme In my digging experience.... The thin, yellowish species belong to the Order Geophilomorpha. I often find _Necrophloeophagus flavus_ or one of the...
hi im a medical student from india and love bugs does any one mind if i take the pictures posted in the group and make wallpapers of the and post them back...
Thanks Kieren, execllent info! No, it definitely wasn't a flat-backed millipede. I've looked up cylindrical millipedes as well, but it wasn't one of those...
Hi Graeme Hmmm, i'm not really sure what it could be. Your drawing suggests it's one of the 'earth' centipedes in the Order Geophilomorpha, like the ones I ...
Well I'm not really up on centipede moulting habits, but I suppose it could be... I think it was probably the longest centipede I've ever seen, and it was...
A few days again, I had a large old oak tree (3ft dia.) cut down. In the base of the tree were a colony of eastern rhino beetles. I collected larve, male and...
I recently had a very large tree cut down and found a nest of Rhino Beetles. I have collected adult male and female beetles, I believe larva in the three...
I caught this cockroach... its really weird and i think it has a stinger. it the first time i ever saw one like it. it has huge eyes. i am keeping as a pet for...
I was hoping someone could tell me what this insect is. I found it in my house and cannot find an insect clasification key for it so was hoping someone could...
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Hi, I have found little black bugs about 1/4 inch in length with a light brown or tan horizontal stripe on their backs. I mainly have been finding them...
I NEED HELP FINDING SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR : wasps june bugs mosquito hawks moths ( i have a few of those ... a white one a light brown one and a dark brown one...
I need help finding scientific names for insects.... like the ANT, WASP, MOSQUITO HAWK,JUNE BUG, ... and some others if you can help me please respond !!!...