Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / October 2004

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Thank you.

Please identify this very large spider found in South Texas USA.
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I live in Northwest Oklahoma and have noticed a flying insect as of
lately. I found probably thousands of them on the south side of my
apartment building on the brick outside (others I have talked to have
also noticed this swarming on the south side of a building). When I

Hi folks...
I lurk here periodically and was wondering if anyone might want to take a
stab at identifying a couple of insects.
Western end of Lake Ontario area.

I have a railed deck in my backyard. It's been raining so
things are moist. I moved something that was sitting on the
deck rail and a whole bunch of tiny white-ish insects began
scattering around looking for cover.

Image posted to alt.binaries.pictures.nature under the same title.

Today while working in my wood-framed attached garage, I noticed several
 flying "ant like" insects.  Since the house has been treated for
termites in the past, I was a bit concerned, so I snagged one of the
little buggers to id it.  BTW, great way to deal with insects for such

If a human being has fleas, can he/she safely use the Frontline medication?

I took a picture of a very small bug and I'd like to figure out what
kind of bug it is.
It looks like a stink bug but it didn't stink and it has a snout that
looks like a straw that it could stick into a flower, etc..

Found this huge beast up in the hills whilst birdwatching near Fayence in
the south of France in late July, can anyone identify it please?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.lindsay/bigcat.htm
Many thanks in advance.

I'm getting eaten up all day long by some kind of insect.  I think
it's either chiggers or bedbugs.  How do I tell which?

    [Grkovich, Alex]  >>> I see the list is as caliente as usual and
that  James is upset with Ron.   Ron, you have a flair for getting into
these things, you must love Leps just too much.   While I plead total and

Hope someone can ID this larvae!
http://www.ngs.fo/janus/larvas2.htm
This larva can easily eat through 30 layers of plastic film to get to
the grass inside (picture).

Is there any difference between a chinch and a bedbug?

I was surprised when opening my Lep. Soc. News today to find an article by
John Calhoun stating that he had finally "confirmed" Erynnis martialis in
Florida.  Too bad John didn't ask me about this.  If he had, I would have
told him that I took martialis on a regular basis when I ...