Howdy all. I have posted some pics of brachyspectrdae larve under
Bugz - Beetle Larve. I found them under the bark of a eucalyptus tree
in Imperial county California. The adults are not as striking but the
larve are so prehistoric looking I am amazed. They are a preditor of
spiders and other small insects.

I had a scare yesterday when my girlfriend woke up with red welts on her arms.
We pulled
out the bed and did a through cleaning expecting to find bed bugs. We found a
few bugs,
living and dead but they do not look like bed bugs. Can you help?

I live in the New York City metro area. I travel alot and live in an immigrant
community so
the bugs could be of foreign origin. I found all the bugs under the bed and
found several
of them in an old towel I had in my cat's carrier stored under the bed.

The bug has a blood red/brown teardrop shaped body. The body is very bulbous,
not flat
and is smooth, not sectioned. The head is a darker brown/black and pointy. It
comes
directly off the thorax and does not seem to articulate. It has six legs, also a
dark
brown/black color. The rearmost legs start in the middle of the body and the
legs are
evenly spaced with the front legs set back a fraction from the head. The legs
are slightly
longer in back than in the front. It also has a pair of long feelers/antennae.

The closest match I've found image-wise was one of a clover mite. However, this
bug is an
1/8 inch in length (not including his feelers) which is much too large for a
clover mite.

Any idea what specific type of bug this could be? Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you!

Sleep Tight

Hi! Is this a louse or what?

You can see in the first photo the size of the creature in comparison
to the rest of the telephone. It was pretty much just a white speck to
me at first, before I recognized it was a living thing.

If you look at the second photo and view "original" size it's pretty
close - only slightly fuzzy. You can see on the segmentation of its
back are two pronounced segments. It was quite tiny and I had to take
many photos to get these, most of them didn't turn out very well.

My digital camera is pretty old, so I think this is pretty much the
best it could do. It looks like a little white creature, but I would
love to know what KIND of creature.

Thanks,  Vic

Matt:

Thanks for the quick reply! But, Hmm.

I have no potted plants. Does that make any difference?

Thanks, Vic


--- In bugclub@yahoogroups.com, Matt Smith <matsmith60@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Victor
>  
> I'm going to take a guess that somewhere close to this telephone is a potted
plant of some
discription, possibly either a cactus or something largeish and woody.

Hi Vic,
Nobody's said it but couldn't resist: your phone's bugged!
:0)
Malcolm


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bugclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bugclub@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Victor
> Sent: 06 January 2009 16:34
> To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bugclub] Re: Telephone Receiver Tiny White Creature - New
> Photo Album
>
> Matt:
>
> Thanks for the quick reply! But, Hmm.
>
> I have no potted plants. Does that make any difference?
>
> Thanks, Vic
>
>
> --- In bugclub@yahoogroups.com, Matt Smith <matsmith60@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Victor
> > Â
> > I'm going to take a guess that somewhere close to this telephone is a
> potted plant of some
> discription, possibly either a cactus or something largeish and woody.
>
>
>
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I've lived in Puerto Rico for a long time and have only seen these
types of spiders twice. It has a red belly and two yellow stripes. It
was perched on a branch of a medicinal tree called Tartago and was
using a dried up leaf as shelter.


http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/949/spider1cm0.jpg

--- In bugclub@yahoogroups.com, michelle montgomery
<mpaulimonte@...> wrote:
>
> it looks like some sort of garden spider/garden orb weaver. was
there a web near by?
>
> --- On Tue, 1/6/09, frankie57pr <frankie57pr@...> wrote:
>
> From: frankie57pr <frankie57pr@...>
> Subject: [bugclub] Spider
> To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 6:52 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I've lived in Puerto Rico for a long time and have only seen these
> types of spiders twice. It has a red belly and two yellow stripes.
It
> was perched on a branch of a medicinal tree called Tartago and was
> using a dried up leaf as shelter.
>
> http://img124. imageshack. us/img124/ 949/spider1cm0. jpg

Yes there was a web it was pulling up another dried leaf on the
other side of the web. During the day it sleeps in the dried leaf
and positions itself away from the sun. Thanx for ur quick reply.
>

hi all i have a question that i need help with.
I have recently noticed several holes appear on the back wall in my
wardrobe it is a brick wall so it cant be wood worm, the holes are
between 2 - 5 mm wide i couldnt tell you how deep they are cuz im a bit
of a chicken when it comes to creepy crawleys and really dont want to
stick someting in the holes just in case someting comes out at me.
I was hoping that someone would possibly know what it could be that is
burrowing into my walls
it is an isolated area were it is happening
and i have googled it but the only thing that has come up is wasps and
i think id notice if i had a wasp in my house
please please please someone out there must know what it is and waht
the best course of action is to take to get rid of whatever it is

What country are you in?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bugclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bugclub@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of gillipops20
> Sent: 09 January 2009 14:36
> To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bugclub] help please
>
> hi all i have a question that i need help with.
> I have recently noticed several holes appear on the back wall in my
> wardrobe it is a brick wall so it cant be wood worm, the holes are
> between 2 - 5 mm wide i couldnt tell you how deep they are cuz im a bit
> of a chicken when it comes to creepy crawleys and really dont want to
> stick someting in the holes just in case someting comes out at me.
> I was hoping that someone would possibly know what it could be that is
> burrowing into my walls
> it is an isolated area were it is happening
> and i have googled it but the only thing that has come up is wasps and
> i think id notice if i had a wasp in my house
> please please please someone out there must know what it is and waht
> the best course of action is to take to get rid of whatever it is
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> =======================================================================
> =
> Members photos of insects and articles etc. can be viewed via the Files
> and Photos area - see the home page of the forum at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub
>
> Pictures of the eggs, larvae and pupae of UK Lepidoptera can be viewed
> at:
> http://www.ukleps.org/
>
>
>
> The next AES Exhibition at Kempton Park Racecourse, Middlesex, is on
> Saturday 18 October 2008, open from 11.00 am to 5.00pm. For further
> details and information on membership of the AES see the AES Website at
> http://www.amentsoc.org/.
>
> For advice on insects and membership of the AES Bug Club (open to those
> under 13) see the AES Bug Club website at
> http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

hi all i posted the other day about some thing that is burrowing into
my wardrobe wall and realised that i didnt really explain things
properly firstly i live in the uk in the east midlands
there are several (i mean abot 20maybe 25) holes that have appeared
over tha course of about 6 months they range in size some are as little
as 2mm wide whilst others are up to 5mm in width
it is an interior wall that its happening to and its an isolated area
(by this i mean there is no other activit/eveidence of this happening
any where else in my house)
i have now plucked up the courage to stick a pin in one of the holes
and i didnt even touch the end so they are quite deep holes
i have already checked with my neighbour to see wheather they had
drilled ir something and come straight through but ive seen for my self
that there is nothing on their side of the wall
and its definatly not damp and they are just plastered walls with
primer on them
i have googled this and the only thing that i came up with was wasps
but i think i would know if there was a wasp in my house so if someone
has any idea what this could be please please help me

Hi,

I am looking for a teacher/individual who would be able to develop an
eduacational resource pack which details how the study of bugs and
insects relates to the school curiculum.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Yvonne

I went to the AES site to identify an insect but was unable to do so,
please help. I found it on the wall in the bathroom above the window in
my home in central Texas, USA. It was black with white spots, had very
long antennae and the bottom of the back legs was slightly larger than
the rest of the leg. The head was somewhat triangular in shape and the
body oblong. The insect was 2-3 inches long and was closer to flat than
not. There was no left over moisture as it had been several hours since
the last shower and the window is open about four inches, and yes there
is a screen on the window. Please tell me what this creature was. I
flushed it so I cannot take a picture.
Thank you.

AES members,

Tonight, a curious insect flew in through the door of my Oceanside,
California home and continued to perch on my curtain. It has a strong
resemblance to a crane fly in size and abdomen shape, but it has
larger wings (50-100% larger). It's antennae are between 1 and 2 cm
and it's body can't be more than 3. Its eyes are fringed by a bright
pale yellow border. It also appears to have three tarsi on each leg
and its wings have a medium number of veins. It has no visible halters
and it's hard to tell how many wings it has as it is currently resting
with its wings draped over its back
        Can you help me identify this insect?

Can anyone help identify these insects? The pest control people aren't
sure. We've been having work done near the foundation of our house (a
raised foundation) for a couple months, and I'm guessing that this is
related. We have seen 3 types of teeny tiny insects: One is lightish
yellow/brown, one is black, and the last one is black and the only one
that flies. We were told that these are Pharoah Ants. However, I read
somewhere that Pharoah Ants don't bite people! We are getting bites all
over our bodies... some are small, some look like mosquito bites, and
my son has welts where he's been bitten. We originally found them on
the first story of our house near windows and on the floor in those
areas, but they are sometimes found upstairs now. PLEASE... Can anyone
tell me what these might be? We've had one pest control company out,
and they've looked at samples of the insects (and identified them as
Pharoah Ants... but then WHY ARE THEY BITING US?) I'm going to get
another opinion from another pest control company, but if anyone on
this website can help, I'd be so grateful! Thanks! Melissa

----- Original Message -----

From: Andy Chick

To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 5:42 AM

Subject: Re: [bugclub] a little ento-philatelic help needed

There is also the recent insects in recovery set of stamps

 

Andy

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Bug Club <bugclubquestions@...> wrote:

Hi all,

The Amateur Entomologists' Society (which runs this forum and the AES Bug Club) produced a super first day cover in 1985 to celibrate its Golden Jubilee.

Photo of the cover below

Cheers

Reg

On 23 Jan 2009, at 20:41, Jean-Michel Maes wrote:

Dear friends,

 

Based on my anterior e-mails, you may remember that I am an entomologist. My hobbies include also Philately, entomo-philately to be more specific, I collect stamps and covers with insect topic. Classically the collection includes stamps and letters with stamps on insects, but lately I am trying to collect letters where the insect is in the illustration of the cover, not only on the stamps. In this way I am looking for your help.

 

If your company, organization or institution has an insect in the logo, I would be glad to have you sending me a letter. In that way I will have a cover, a letter, with an insect logo, to put in my collection. So far I have a couple of bees from banks, a longhorn from a library, a goliath beetle from an insect dealer, a couple of butterflies from museums, but my guess is that there are many more institutions with insects logo.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jean-Michel.

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Hi, hope you can help me
I am trying to identify what I think is the larval form of an insect
discovered on my son's window sill. He has been being bitten
extensively for months and we cannot identify the source (not bed bugs,
and we have sprayed several times for fleas), this is the only possible
culprit I have found apart from what I think is a adult fur beetle
(dead).
We are in London, the UK.
The larva is less than 1cm long, thin with a slightly-flattened body
and is an orange red in colour but with a dark head. There are 3 pairs
of legs evenly spaced along the first half of its body. at the very end
of its body there may be two small protuberances but no obvious hairs
(so I don't think it is a carpet or fur beetle larva). It was alive
when I found it and has survived 1 day in a plastic bag so far.
Any help would be gratefully received, even if it's just to rule it
out.
Many thanks,
Jen

Hi Jen,
Sounds like a ladybird larva - which won't be the source of the bites. Am
sure you can find pictures thru Google.

We quite often get queries about children being bitten, and they never seem
to get resolved (or maybe if they are the parent loses interest and never
gets back to us.) Maybe it's just an allergic reaction that looks like
insect bites, or maybe it's happening outside the home. Your pharmacist or
GP may be able to help.

HTH
Malcolm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bugclub@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bugclub@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of hornerjen
> Sent: 27 January 2009 13:39
> To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [bugclub] insect larva(?) identification help
>
> Hi, hope you can help me
> I am trying to identify what I think is the larval form of an insect
> discovered on my son's window sill. He has been being bitten
> extensively for months and we cannot identify the source (not bed bugs,
> and we have sprayed several times for fleas), this is the only possible
> culprit I have found apart from what I think is a adult fur beetle
> (dead).
> We are in London, the UK.
> The larva is less than 1cm long, thin with a slightly-flattened body
> and is an orange red in colour but with a dark head. There are 3 pairs
> of legs evenly spaced along the first half of its body. at the very end
> of its body there may be two small protuberances but no obvious hairs
> (so I don't think it is a carpet or fur beetle larva). It was alive
> when I found it and has survived 1 day in a plastic bag so far.
> Any help would be gratefully received, even if it's just to rule it
> out.
> Many thanks,
> Jen
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> =======================================================================
> =
> Members photos of insects and articles etc. can be viewed via the Files
> and Photos area - see the home page of the forum at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub
>
> Pictures of the eggs, larvae and pupae of UK Lepidoptera can be viewed
> at:
> http://www.ukleps.org/
>
>
>
> The next AES Exhibition at Kempton Park Racecourse, Middlesex, is on
> Saturday 18 October 2008, open from 11.00 am to 5.00pm. For further
> details and information on membership of the AES see the AES Website at
> http://www.amentsoc.org/.
>
> For advice on insects and membership of the AES Bug Club (open to those
> under 13) see the AES Bug Club website at
> http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>