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...
1999
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bughunteruk
Mar 5, 2005 1:22 pm
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...
2000
adamqkhoo
Mar 16, 2005 9:55 pm
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...
2001
adamqkhoo
Mar 17, 2005 9:05 am
Sorry, forgot to mention my location. I'm in Manchester, United Kingdom. Cheers. ... its...
2002
Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Mar 17, 2005 9:06 am
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...
2003
David Howdon
davidhowdon
Mar 17, 2005 8:02 pm
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...
2004
adamqkhoo
Mar 18, 2005 10:58 pm
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...
2005
David Howdon
davidhowdon
Mar 19, 2005 7:40 pm
The bigger one looks like Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (Hawthorn shieldbug) to me. This one extends north the the Highlands and is noted as spreading....
2006
jacarandatheatre
jacarandathe...
Mar 20, 2005 8:31 pm
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...
2007
David Howdon
davidhowdon
Mar 20, 2005 9:29 pm
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...
2008
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bughunteruk
Mar 20, 2005 9:35 pm
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...
2009
Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Mar 21, 2005 9:01 am
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...
2010
Jean Michel Maes
jmmaes
Mar 21, 2005 9:02 am
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...
2011
Jean Michel Maes
jmmaes
Mar 22, 2005 9:01 am
member of bugclub bugclub@yahoogroups.com USA Estimados amigos, Ya esta on-line el catalogo de los Coleoptera Lucanidae del mundo:...
2012
Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Mar 23, 2005 12:45 pm
Does anyone here know anything about centipedes? Digging the garden (NW Kent, Southern England), over the weekend, I found plenty of 'normal' common centipedes...
2013
Kieren Pitts
kierenpitts
Mar 23, 2005 4:54 pm
Hi Graeme In my digging experience.... The thin, yellowish species belong to the Order Geophilomorpha. I often find _Necrophloeophagus flavus_ or one of the...
2014
weareschizo_phrenic
weareschizo_...
Mar 24, 2005 8:19 am
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...
2015
Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Mar 24, 2005 8:19 am
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...
2016
Kieren Pitts
kierenpitts
Mar 24, 2005 4:48 pm
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 ...
2017
Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Mar 29, 2005 8:22 am
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...
2018
grigsbynastasi
Mar 29, 2005 6:33 pm
There is a spider in the 2nd Anaconda movie. This spider has really sent my nephew trying to find out if it is real. Can some one help me?...
2019
marinaandsteven
Apr 5, 2005 10:23 pm
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...
2020
marinaandsteven
Apr 5, 2005 10:23 pm
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...
2021
horsecloner
Apr 10, 2005 7:14 pm
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...
2022
thegipper001
Apr 10, 2005 10:55 pm
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...
2023
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bughunteruk
Apr 10, 2005 11:02 pm
Perhaps its the Bee-fly Bombylius major? For a picture see:- http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/bombyliidae.htm...
2024
thegipper001
Apr 12, 2005 8:09 am
Thats the one! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... it in ... was ... to ... ===================================================================== ... the Files and ... ...
2025
sculptelle
Apr 12, 2005 8:09 am
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...
2026
the_tyler_roses
Apr 13, 2005 8:26 am
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...
2027
the_tyler_roses
Apr 13, 2005 8:27 am
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 !!!...
