Hello all, I saw yesterday in an exhibition a beautiful beetle from Brazil, called Lamprocyphus. It had an amazing glittering metalic soft turqoise color with...
What a great use for a web-group! I've worked with Long-horned beetles for a few years now (and insects in general for about 8 years) in Ontario, Canada. I...
What a great use for a web-group! I've worked with Long-horned beetles for a few years now (and insects in general for about 8 years) in Ontario, Canada. I...
I am hoping you can help me. I was stung today by something I have never seen before. It was all black, thick, wide and about 1-1 1/2" long. It is wider than...
While watering the lawn daily here in Los Angeles I would be visited by a blue/black irridecent flying insect. It would land on the edge of a stainless steel...
Hello Friends, Greetings from India! I would like to know whether anyone of you had come acrossed the above insect or atleast read about it. If yes please...
Hello Sir/Madam, Thanks alot for the link. Its infact the same what I had seen. But I have a confusion which you can further clarify. Mantisfly has raptorial...
Hello, I was curious to know what I had found in my apartment the other day. I live in an old high-rise, but yesterday morning, I found a large flying insect...
I live in Southeastern Iowa. I was walking at the Skunk River at about 2:00am, when I came across a bug. It looks like a snakefly or a scorpionfly. I spent...
I live in Southern Ohio, and in my basement, I have discovered some really weird bugs. They have round bodies and legs like a spider, but they jump like a...
i posted three photos 100-67-69-70 app. double size of the same insect i found outside my pa. home. ugly looking with quite a jaw on it. i only seen two of...
Is there any way you could get a picture of one of these critters posted to us? Insects are an amazingly diverse group, so this is the best way for us to help ...
Hi Folks...Greetings from Biggar,Saskatchewan(Canada) I found this critter in my pool and managed to retieve it and release unharmed..I shot some photos and...
Hi Lorne, Very nice picture. What you found floating is a sawfly. Not a true fly, but rather a "primative" relative to bees and wasps. They share many...
Hi Jeff Thanks for solving the mystery, much appreciated. Regards, Lorne S. ... From: Jeff To: insectidentificationclub@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August...
I have pictures! Tonight, I found this perched upside down on the outside of my front door frame. Large, green. Maybe a 4-inch wingspan. Looks like a large...
I have a picture of this strange flying bug but don't know how to post it. It it about the size of half a human thumb. It has the body of a lobster. Its...
Hello all, Ive seen this flying insect may many times here in central OK, and maybe even TX, looks like a red wasp/hornet type thing on the front half, with a...
I'm not sure if this thing is even an insect I found them flying out side of my sister in laws they kinda remind me of a hummingbird but they have antennas i'm...
I figured out how to post a picture I posted it on the photo page with unusal bug as the name. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me what...
Sounds like they are probably sphinx moths. Jeff ... I'm not sure if this thing is even an insect I found them flying out side of my sister in laws they kinda...
Okay, took a look at your picture. It is a sphinx moth, and they are not dangerous at all. They don't have stingers or even mouthparts capable of biting, so...
Last week I had 2 or 3 of these flying around..this week I think they tripled. A bee or wasp? It's over a inch long, very smooth & shiny body,with yellow...
If you have the same insect I do, I have your answer. It is a hummingbird MOTH. I didn't believe it until I looked at pictures of them online. It's amazing...
Hello all, I posted a pic in the photos section called Cincinnati Bug. It's over 2" long, furry in appearance, and isn't very afraid of me. You have to...