NAME THIS WEEVIL

Hi all,

I live in Panama and have a big garden with around 200 species of
heliconias. Our co-ordinates are around 8.5 and -82.5 and the elevation is 1400 metres.

Just recently we have begun to notice the weevil in the attached photos
boring into the stems of heliconias. The bright yellow weevil is about 1.5 cm long. The other picture is an
immature weevil, just over 1 cm.

I have searched Google for a few days; both the web and the image
search features. I have also tried some bug key but so far no luck.
Any help appreciated.

Regards,

Angel

IDENTIFY THIS INSECT

On a recent trip into the Yasuni (Ecuador) I came across this critter. See pics. It appears to be a grasshopper/locust guy exhibiting INCREDIBLE camouflage. When it was disturbed it displayed its under-wings. Also quite interesting.

Any idea on what we are looking at here?

Thank you,
Stephen Hopkins

IDENTIFY THIS MOTH

Tim Stygall wrote to the Bug Club newslist:

Can anyone please tell me what this large moth is? It was resting or sunning itself on the doorstep in the middle of the day.

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NAOMI WEST AND HER MYSTERY INSECT

Naomi writes: 'I don't think I've ever seen this bug before. Isn't it pretty?' It certainly is, we agree, but what is it?

IDENTIFY THIS BEETLE

FRANKIE WRITES: I found this yellow and orange beetle on the way to a nearby cave in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Can you tell me what it is called?

MYSTERY BUG IN AQUARIUM

MYSTERY BUG

JOHN CHAPMAN: Monster in my Aquarium (From the Bug Club email list)

I have a monster living in my house. And I've not even dated it. I have a small indoor heated aquarium, which fits within a picture frame and hangs on the wall of my living room. The tank is about 2.5 feet long by about 18 inches high by about 2 or 3 inches deep, and is fully enclosed in a wooden frame. It contains guppies and a lot of weed and snails. A couple of weeks ago I saw what I thought was a spider drowning, thrashing/swimming in the tank.

I tried to fish it out but it buried itself in the gravel and I lost it. A few hours later I was amazed to see it sitting in the weed. Upon closer examination I could see it has six legs, clearly has a head, abdomen and thorax, has a laterally flattened body and its abdomen was pulsating, presumably to facilitate breathing. It was then about 10mm long but is now about 15. No fish seem to be disappearing and I have a number of baby guppies, which are smaller than it is.

But I suspect it is eating snails. I assume it is an insect larva and was probably introduced on the weed, possibly as an egg. But since it is a tropical tank I have no idea whether the weed is of native or foreign origin. Obviously it would be irresponsible to release a non-native insect species into the wild – although at this time of year (end of Nov) it would probably mean instant death even if it is native. I live in North Wales, UK. Has anyone got any idea what it is? What can I do with it?

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BRANDON MILLER WRITES: I'm new to northern Texas and have had 2 of these in my home in the last 2 days. Been trying to ID it with no luck. Hopefully you can help. Flying bug, all black. About 1 1/4 inches long. I don't know much about insects but it's got the shape of a large ant. I didn't realise it even had wings until I tried to scoop it out the door.

ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE INSECT PIC

The other day, regular readers will have read (or I hope you will have read) my article on the subject of Hong Kong dragonfly swarms. In it I explained how a spectacularly tawdry internet newsgroup that usually sends out nothing but soft pornography and invitations to join the foreign exchange market, occasionally sends out something worthwhile.

This is another one from their series [old_hongkong] When Insect Attack what Happen and I am posting it because for the life of me I cannot identify the creatures pictured.

Any ideas?

CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY THIS FLY?

GRAEME STROUD WRITES: Does anyone know what type of fly this is? I don’t remember seeing one before, certainly not all this year, but at lunchtime today I saw two. They are elongated, about 15mm long, with a metallic gold thorax. They can hover like a hoverfly, and the abdomen shows metallic purplish-blue, although that is not noticeable when at rest.

ROLLING STONEFLY

Following on from Yesterday's Post about an unidentified insect, Robert Schneck wrote..

Hi Jon,

It's some kind of stonefly, but that's as far as I would be willing to go.

Sincerely,

Robert

I tend to agree.

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhi708/classify/animalia/uniramia/pterygota/index.html

RATHER CUTE "MYSTERY LEAFHOPPER". IDENTITY PLEASE

NAOMI WEST: Identify this bug

ROBERT SCHNECK TAKES THE CFZ TO TASK

Robert Schneck writes regarding the unknown insect blog the other day:

Hi Jon,
I think it's an ichneumon fly (or wasp) but no idea what kind. Those swollen back legs have me stymied.
Also, hate to complain, but the Biggles related news has been rather thin lately.
Sincerely,
Robert

Well, apart from the unfortunate incident with the Fire Prevention Officer, Biggles has been out of the limelight recently, but as Corinna reports over on her blog, he has still been the life and soul of the party. In the meantime, here is a picture of Biggles running the office in Corinna's absence....

UNIDENTIFIED INSECT SEEN IN FRANCE

Any ideas what it is?

NAOMI WEST: This is really Bugging me

Jon,

I honestly can't remember if I sent this to you before or not but if not, can you identify the bug with the feathery antennae? It was in my kitchen floor earlier this year and I am stumped.

The other bug was in the living room tonight. And that's a funny story: first of all, it's huge. The body itself was over two inches long. It was startling to see that something so big got in without anyone noticing. I took a ceiling duster to try to brush it down, and it took off flying. It was so loud it sounded like a small airplane. Like any proud CFZ person, I took off as well -- running and screaming in the opposite direction. We could not locate the bug after that, and finally had to give up our search to prepare for dinner guests.

Some time later I wandered into the dining room and happened to rest my hand on the back of a chair -- right on top of the bug. I am ashamed to say I went running and screaming again, but only for a second. Eventually, I trapped the bug in a cup and took it outside. Anyway, I can't identify it either but it looks familiar.

Naomi

JON: The second bug is a shield bug or stink bug of some kind, but I haven't a clue what the first one is. Over to you guys....

NAME THIS SHIELDBUG

From the AES Bug Club mailing list:

"Can anyone identify these shieldbugs. I found three of them in my mothtrap this morning [1st Sept] The largest measures 18mm. I am located in VC14 Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex".

ANOTHER MYSTERY INSECT FROM THE BUG CLUB LIST

Hello all! Could someone please help me to identify this strange insect that I photographed today? I've never seen one before. There were about 10 of them sitting on various leaves in my garden. Thanks :)

Nicky

ANOTHER ONE FOR DR DAN

Hannah writes: I spotted this beastie this morning in our Garden in Northamptonshire UK. It was approx. 2cm long and I did manage to get a photo.

What is it? I'm pretty sure I know, but do you?