Unidentified 3/8 inch long insect.
Oct 22, 2018 07:31:59 #
BBurns wrote:
Yes. All of this over a 3/8" bug. Because it bugs us. Now we can all sleep well.
Yes. All of this over a 3/8" bug. Because it bugs us. Now we can all sleep well.
We are what is generally known as nerds.
Oct 22, 2018 07:56:51 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
We are what is generally known as nerds.
Great work guys! There is no greater virtue than PERSISTENCE.
Oct 22, 2018 17:43:47 #
BBurns wrote:
Very good, Mark. Bullseye.
Yes. All of this over a 3/8" bug. Because it bugs us. Now we can all sleep well.
Yes. All of this over a 3/8" bug. Because it bugs us. Now we can all sleep well.
What you just saw is the way this works. Without resort to acrimony, you disagree , but you should give a reason for your disagreeing. After a few false starts, Mark got to family with my help(I think, glad to) and got the answer.
Scientific process. Conjecture not guess.
Bill. PS collectively, in my short time here, there has only been one that I ever saw not ID'ed. Virtue in numbers.
Oct 22, 2018 19:30:03 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
With essential help from newtoyou, it took me a few seconds for a very likely ID in BugGuide (Niesthrea louisianica). Check this out: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1115476
In the biz, we can call that "a spare".
In the biz, we can call that "a spare".
I took the step. Signed up in BugGuide.
Bill
Oct 27, 2018 12:07:16 #
Streets wrote:
Taken with Minolta AF 50mm f3.5 Macro lens as the insect ambled across the top of our glass topped patio table. Any help identifying it?
I looked a bit into this bug's bio.
Common in large areas of US. Feeds on seedpods of Mallows(Malvacae).
Used to control an invasive Albutalon in Midwest.
Hibernate in leaf litter, en masse, emerging in spring to mate and lay eggs.
Egg to adult one month, so many generations a year.
And now,R. I. P. Niesthrea louisianica.
Bill
Oct 27, 2018 20:45:15 #
Very well taken and you have provided a challenge for some of the best here. Thanks for sharing.
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.