Time to play: Name that bug
By adamg - Sat, 10/17/2009 - 11:47am.
Redgoldfly took this photo of a 3/4-inch bug in Waltham and wonders: What is it?
Copyright Redgoldfly. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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That was fun!
Western Conifer Seed Bug (which, in spite of the name, has apparently had massive expansion of range in the past 30 years and is now Eastern as well as Western.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_conifer_seed_bug
It's a cool bug
As long as it stays under an inch - looks more like an African shield than a bug that needs squashing.
Thanks!
NOT Asian longhorned beetle...
We have been getting a bunch of Asian longhorned beetle reports the past few weeks that have all turned out to be this WCSB. As it warms up outside again this week, expect another little burst of these bugs on the outside (and inside) of your house.
These things
started appearing in/around my condo in Stoneham about 5 or 6 years ago. At the time I was terrified of them because they're fairly large and I had no idea what they were capable of, but after some research I found out they're mostly harmless.
It's a stinky bug
It's a stinky bug (squash-ish-goo-insectish) and they invade every fall. They are easy to hit with the bottom of a shoe (I prefer a slipper), but they stink.
Stink bugs! We have them
Stink bugs! We have them here in Philadelphia but they are more grey in color.
eureka!
That's what fell off my living room ceiling last Wednesday. I guess I shouldn't be shocked, since my living room is right behind a huge pine tree.
I'meeka
You rang?
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oy...
Well, not intentionally, but I suppose I did.
Thanks!
Thanks for the bug ID, Allstonian & UHub!