Bug of the Week - July 8, 2009
Wednesday July 8, 2009
With Wednesday comes another Bug of the Week challenge. This week's mystery insect is kind of a twist on a familiar bug. Can you name the species? Leave a reply with your answer, and stop back next Wednesday to see if you were right. As always, I've left some clues in the forum to help you.
Last week's mystery bug was a beauty, wasn't it? I love an insect that disguises itself as something else. At first glance, it looks like a wasp, but if you looked closely you noticed the scaly wings that characterize the butterflies and moths. Indeed, the photo showed a Texas wasp moth (clever name, eh?). Congrats to weirdbuglady for submitting the only correct answer.
Photo: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Comments
I believe this is (Anatis mal)the Eye-spotted Lady Beetle. Pretty little things aren’t they?
I was almost attacked by a 2.5-3 inch flying black bug last night while trying to get into my back door. This thing made a loud noise, almost chirping and continued flying towards me. I was screaming, it would fly off and come back; almost like it was trying to attack me. It was really scary.
I would just like to know what kind of bug was it or was it a Bat? Thanks