Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / May 2005

There's a 10 acre (+/-) patch of stripped ceanothus bushes on Navarro
Ridge in Mendocino County CA that will soon produce a population
explosion of Nymphalis californica (the fuse is lit). The property owner
is leery of both tourists and vampire butterflies. Let me know if

Does anyone know the name of beetles in South Florida, zone 10B, that have
fluorescent eyes?  I saw one in my hallway this morning and it totally
freaked me out.  After I calmed down, I wish I had taken a picture before my
husband threw it in the yard.  The eyes are similar to a ...

Hola List, this sad event this week probably happened about 125 miles away  
from the Monarch Forests, and I am not posting it to get into an argument on  
what anyone thinks about Monarchs or related phenomena, just posting to give  
those in other cultures with different systems ...

I was wondering if anyone could identify this little guy...
He's about a millimetre in size, with a round, red body. Rather
nondescript physique, with lengthy antennae.
Mugshot at http://www.weirdhasa.com/misc/files/LittleBugDude.jpg

Can someone help me identify this bug (i think it's a bed bug) found it
on a futon.
http://www.geocities.com/hellfloyd/bug/Image-004.jpg
Thanks.

I need help identifying a bizarre flying insect found on my porch
yesterday in Daytona Beach, Florida. At first I thought it was some
kind of wasp so I didn't want to get too close! It might even have been
some kind of moth although it looked more like a wasp. The dominant

Can someone help me identify what the heck these things are that are
crawling around my house in Long Island, New York? They are about 2
inches long when full grown and about 1/2 inch long as tiny babies.
Boy are they ugly.

I was wondering if someone could identify this spider or tell me a bit about it (photo link below).  The location is the interior (Okanagan region) of British Columbia, Canada.  Found on the porch door frame.  In the picture its leg span was roughly 3cm (making for a rather large ...

...and I guess I have to conclude that she just doesn't have a sense of humor...

http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=952565&Start=1&Artist=cynapse&ByA
rtist=Yes
I took the photo a couple of days ago-- it looks to be a mimic of a bumblebee/carpenter bee.

I received in the mail today an important publication on the Miami Blue (
Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) and the status of mosquito control in the
Florida Keys.  This extensive article comprises all of Volume 5 of the
*Technical Bulletin of the Florida Mosquito Control ...

There are lots of bird watchers and there are amateur astronomers
and their are clubs of amateur mushroom hunters. I'm not aware of
comparable groups of bug watchers. If I'm wrong about that, I'd
like to know about it.

What kind/name of insect is this?:
http://home.versatel.nl/iddekinghe49/photo/nature/pic1.jpg
First I though it is a fly when I took the picture, but after
examinging the image I found it had 4 wings.

I sometimes have to chase around, catch, and throw outside a big noisy bug
that I can't ID. Viewed from the top, it's hard 'wings' (which are pretty
noisy when then insect flies) have the shape of a shield (similar to the
'security center' icon on windows xp) which is rather dark ...

At least I think it's a beetle...
Could somebody take a look at the pictures entitled "Weird Scottish
Beetle Pics" (sorry about the quality) that I've posted over at the
alt.binaries.pictures.animals newsgroup and tell me what it is? If it