Identify this bug (found in my place)
Well, I've lived in my apartment for five weeks and have found two bugs. The first was a large flying cock roach outside of my front door and the second is pictured here. It was crawling around and I have never seen anything like it, but then I have seen very few bugs, being from originally up by the lake, where most bugs freeze away.
Anyhow, I don't think it is a roach, it seems to long. It was really hard to snap a good picture of. It moved about very sluggishly. Anyone know what it is?
Anyhow, I don't think it is a roach, it seems to long. It was really hard to snap a good picture of. It moved about very sluggishly. Anyone know what it is?
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Anyone ever have a "stink bug?"
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Cheers
Scott
Originally posted by Tulkas
Whatever it is, I'd hate to go to bed thinking about one of them crawling around the place. In your ear. In your mouth...I really don't like bugs.
yeah, neither do i. i'm moving to canada.
Originally posted by Ebby
That's a stinkbug? I always thought they were round and black. I have a bunch over here in California that are the size of a dime and are brown and reddish. (No purple whatsoever) They are slow & stupid, and LOVE tomato plants.
Slow and stupid, that is certainly what this bug was! It left a pretty weak stink when it died too. This is one critter that I think has some evolving left to do.
Cali? I bet you're just loaded with bugs.
I wouldn't worry about it.
Originally posted by addabox
Ah, the notorious stink bug (aka bee assassin). It crawls in your ear while you're asleep and lays its eggs in your brain. About 3 days later the grubs begin the excruciating process of eating their way out.... They say even the strongest men go completely mad after only a few hours.
I wouldn't worry about it.
Aren't those only indigenous to Ceti Alpha 5?
Kinda looks like one of those Asian Longhorn Beetles too, only with normal-length "horns" / antennae. I bet it likes to burrow into dead trees to lay its eggs... all those tree beetle things tend to look alike.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Aren't those only indigenous to Ceti Alpha 5?
Or was it Ceti Alpha 6?
Originally posted by progmac
yeah, neither do i. i'm moving to canada.
um, i wouldn't suggest that. having just lived there for five years, i can tell you this little beauty is fairly common (house centipede - "Scutigera coleoptrata").
we were so freaked out by the site of one late one night that we caught one and took it to the local museum entymologist (sp?) to identify it.
moves with wicked speed, and all those legs kind of wave as it scurries along, making it look really alien in nature. especially common in basement apartments and furnace rooms in winter, due to the extra heat and insulation. utterly harmless, and incredibly fragile (they practically disintegrate when you squash 'em).
Originally posted by rok
um, i wouldn't suggest that. having just lived there for five years, i can tell you this little beauty is fairly common (house centipede - "Scutigera coleoptrata").
we were so freaked out by the site of one late one night that we caught one and took it to the local museum entymologist (sp?) to identify it.
moves with wicked speed, and all those legs kind of wave as it scurries along, making it look really alien in nature. especially common in basement apartments and furnace rooms in winter, due to the extra heat and insulation. utterly harmless, and incredibly fragile (they practically disintegrate when you squash 'em).
ooooooo, I hate those. They are everywhere near lake michigan. My place has zero bug except for these every once in a while. ugh
Originally posted by rok
um, i wouldn't suggest that. having just lived there for five years, i can tell you this little beauty is fairly common (house centipede - "Scutigera coleoptrata").
we were so freaked out by the site of one late one night that we caught one and took it to the local museum entymologist (sp?) to identify it.
moves with wicked speed, and all those legs kind of wave as it scurries along, making it look really alien in nature. especially common in basement apartments and furnace rooms in winter, due to the extra heat and insulation. utterly harmless, and incredibly fragile (they practically disintegrate when you squash 'em).
So bugs aren't frozen out of canada? We used to get these in our basement in Northern Ohio. they are fast! I think they like warm and moisture when it's cold outside (hence basement, i think). I guess there is no getting away from ugly bugs.
I'm in Athens, OH tonight and it seems the whole town is overrun with little lady bugs. Ick! They are everywhere