Papist Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 There's a beneficial kind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 [quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1344560408' post='2465292'] Beetle identification question for you: I had a dark green, about 1" long insect in my car. It appeared to have wing covers, so I'm definitely thinking beetle family. On the dorsal side, towards the back, there were 4 yellow spots, and along the sides, it had two long red marks. Any ideas? [/quote] was it a green tiger beetle? [img]http://wiseacre-gardens.com/bugs/6-spotted-green-tiger-beetle.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1344884921' post='2467062'] There's a beneficial kind? [/quote] yeh Tox... they are sooo big, the pupae look like little crawfish!! [b] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxorhynchites[/b] Edited August 13, 2012 by sixpence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='MissyP89' timestamp='1344538864' post='2465119'] Yo Six! Update on the bug crawling around the trees at my place: Dad says it's some type of worm/larva. It's white with ribbed sections, and the head is bigger than the body. Too, it's making that ticking noise. [/quote] It sound like the beetle's larvae! Here is a video of the adult anobiid tapping [url="http://www.arkive.org/death-watch-beetle/xestobium-rufovillosum/video-09a.html"]http://www.arkive.or.../video-09a.html[/url] or maybe it is a Buprestid? (also small wood-borers) [url="http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPrinterFriendlyPub.aspx?P=g7422"]http://extension.mis...ub.aspx?P=g7422[/url] ALSO possible:: more than one species Edited August 13, 2012 by sixpence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 [quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1344885150' post='2467067'] yeh Tox... they are sooo big, the pupae look like little crawfish!! [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxorhynchites"]http://en.wikipedia..../Toxorhynchites[/url] [/quote] [img]http://sizemoreletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SpockVulcan-150x150.jpg[/img] fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 [quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1344884858' post='2467060'] nope I hate mosquitoes too... except the beneficial kind [/quote] I promise not to tell your colony that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 [quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1344885526' post='2467071'] It sound like the beetle's larvae! Here is a video of the adult anobiid tapping [url="http://www.arkive.org/death-watch-beetle/xestobium-rufovillosum/video-09a.html"]http://www.arkive.or.../video-09a.html[/url] or maybe it is a Buprestid? (also small wood-borers) [url="http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPrinterFriendlyPub.aspx?P=g7422"]http://extension.mis...ub.aspx?P=g7422[/url] ALSO possible:: more than one species [/quote] He says the larvae looks closest to the Buprestid. He's all excited now. Haha. Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Six, got this for my son for his birthday. [img]http://www.bioquip.com/prod_images/9821-001-The-Lifecycles-of-Butterflies.jpg[/img] [url="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580176178/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0778706508&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1PY89BNRE17QDVPJZF0F"]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1580176178/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=0778706508&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1PY89BNRE17QDVPJZF0F[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 [quote name='sixpence' timestamp='1344884932' post='2467063'] was it a green tiger beetle? [img]http://wiseacre-gardens.com/bugs/6-spotted-green-tiger-beetle.jpg[/img] [/quote] Nope, longer and skinnier, more greenish brown. More firefly shaped. razzle dazzle bug, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 [quote name='Lisa' timestamp='1345079730' post='2468326'] Nope, longer and skinnier, more greenish brown. More firefly shaped. razzle dazzle bug, though! [/quote] i am imagining some type of greenish click beetle...but I can't find one that matches the description! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 There several black swallowtail caterpillars in our mini herb garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 25, 2012 Author Share Posted August 25, 2012 today I saw a pretty gulf fritillary [img]http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/2187046.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1345114692' post='2468580'] There several black swallowtail caterpillars in our mini herb garden. [/quote] We collected one and now it is in its chrysalis stage in our butterfly habitat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1345901430' post='2474053'] We collected one and now it is in its chrysalis stage in our butterfly habitat. [/quote] yey!!! pics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Gonna get pics. We used parsley for the caterpillar's host food b/c the thyme wan't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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