Hi was just on my laptop when noticed this very strange insect on the wall next to me!!!! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub/files/Identity2/Bug3.jpg Have...
coraleepatel
coraleepatel@...
Sep 1, 2005 6:33 pm
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Hi Cora, It's a wing-waving fly called "Palloptera muliebris" http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P2/P2228.HTM ("Toxoneura muliebris" in older books) The males (I...
I cannot identify this spider, the closest I can come to is an ant- mimicking spider. Its body looks like one of those little grey bugs that rolls into a ball...
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happyamerican2001@...
Sep 2, 2005 10:09 pm
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I'm not sure I'm picturing it well, but it might be a windscorpion (Solifugae). The four mouth parts and grip sound like it. Marty...
Hi all, Sounds like a strong possibility there are some good pictures and information on Wind Scorpians at:- http://kaweahoaks.com/html/wind_scorpian.htm and ...
One morning while I was out walking my dog, my eye caught this rather strange looking insect which was on a leaf in the hedgerow. I have never seen anything...
A BBW
crazy2daisy39@...
Sep 4, 2005 9:17 am
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Hello CD, Sounds very much like a Vapourer caterpillar (scientific name Orgyia antiqua). Have a look at the fully grown version on our wesite at:- ...
You don't say where you are from which makes identification a little difficult. It sounds a but (but not exactly) like a Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) caterpillar...
Hello David, thank you ever so much for your quick reply. I had, after I had registered with the club, uploaded the picture which I had taken, and you are...
Happy to help (its fairly unusual that I actually can). Your description was pretty good (after all both Reg and I managed to identify the insect from it)....
Hello, I have just posted a photo to the "Niko's Photos" album, can somebody help me identifying the bug. I took the picture in Greece in august, the insect...
... information on Wind Scorpians at:- ... Thank you so much for your help, that is exactly what it is. I really appriciate it....
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happyamerican2001@...
Sep 5, 2005 6:28 pm
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I live in Sarasota, Fl and one day by our door I saw what I thought was the ugliest bug I had ever seen. It looked like it was giving birth to a baby bug....
... babies on its back, eating other bugs, and your description make me think it is some kind of arachnid Florida has some great... no, some GREAT bugs... and...
Looking at the page Andrew suggested (thank you) I'm inclined to go with the Walking Stick except these had a definite head (oval shape) and their tail is...
Nancy, walkingsticks don't give live birth, they drop eggs. You may have been seeing a pair mating. They'd be mating about now. The male is usually smaller...
Adult looks like a lady bug except that it is about 1/4 the size. Dark brown or black with small white squarish dots on its shell. The larvae are currently...
C.Topaz
topaz_zapt@...
Sep 8, 2005 11:22 am
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Please can you tell me if there will be any Mantids for sale at the october 2005 bug fair Kempton especially the Malaysian Sheilded mantis and the Flower...
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mitchell.l2@...
Sep 8, 2005 8:10 pm
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I am writing from the South West of England to ask if anyone else has noticed a shortage of wasps this year. In my neck of the woods they have been conspicuous...
Hello Sarah, Over this side of the country in N.E. Essex, last year was the lowest that we have ever experienced for common wasps - must have seen only 4 or 5...
In northern Minnesota, USA it was noticed about 6 years ago that the crops (especially peas beans and tomatos) weren't being very productive and also noted...
Diane - I tend to agree with you that my mystery bugs are Walking Sticks. I'll tell you what - that male was "buried" and that was why we thought she was...
... crops (especially peas beans and tomatos) weren't being very productive and also noted that there was a shortage of bees so there was lack of polination....
I'm trying to identify a strange insect I saw while on a train journey. The insect had settled in the corner of a window opposite me. It did not move during...
Just posted to the net: 9/18/05 A new stag beetle species has been found. Information on the New Orleans Audubon Insectarium regarding Hurricane Katrina. Read...
Hi David, Thank you for your reply, Having looked through all the pictures I'm sure it was a Emmelina mondactlya as that one most closely matches the shape of...
Uploading some photos of them to the photos area of this forum might help - there are some amazingly well informed people who can tell a lot from pictures of...
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