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So this summer I decided I would take a pic of every bug I see. Soooo I ordered a big brick of an insect manual, but while I wait, can someone identify this gorgeous guy?
>> Anonymous
Japanese Beetle. Very common in the midwest.
>> Anonymous
Thanks, I am actually at Long Island, New York, i'll assume they are common all over the country?
>> Anonymous
>>277554
Not sure, but you literally cannot go outside during the summer and not see these things.
>> Anonymous
He kinda reminded me of the beetle monster thing in Godzilla 1984
>> Anonymous
What manual is it? I want to get a bug book too.
>> Anonymous
I looked around and picked up http://www.amazon.com/National-Audubon-Society-American-Insects/dp/0394507630/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF
8&s=books&qid=1215721290&sr=1-1

It is picture heavy which is what I need, I am a total insect newbie and can wait to pick up Peterson's when I need more details.
>> Anonymous
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I snapped one other picture today, it looks like a fire ant, black at the back gradually turning to rich red. Am I right? And I swearrrr I won't keep starting id threads.
>> entomology chelicerate
Japanese Beetle
>> Anonymous
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Just took a pic of this guy.
>> Anonymous
beautiful
>> Anonymous
>>277584
I found him on my zucchini, so i brought him over to some other leaves he could nosh on to his hearts content
>> Anonymous
>>277584
I've seen those in a book before, but I'm drawing a blank.
>> Anonymous
There's a guy on YouTube I know, Shooter12point7, who takes some pretty good videos of spiders. If you like bugs, you might want to take a look at him.
>> Anonymous
>>277551

thats a june bug nigga.
>> Anonymous
>>278035
When I took a picture of him, he lifted his two hind legs up, which is a characteristic of japanese beetles (or jitterbugs.) Plus, hes got white dots going along his body.
>> Anonymous
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heres todays find
>> Anonymous
>>278172
awesome!
>> Anonymous
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this guy just sat there completely still for 5 minutes while i took pictures of him, than when i got up he flew away.
>> Anonymous
>>278176
Oh man, I wonder what these guys are, I saw a lot of them today while I was out interning and they would linger for minutes on end on my t-shirt. And your caterpillar with water droplets photo is AMAZING.
>> Anonymous
>>278195
i've been racking my brain on these insect websites, but theyre a pain to navigate, they use latin names. My book should arrive some time next week.

If you're serious about the white caterpillar pic (the only reason being it was taken on a 50 dollar camera lol) but I saw him after I watered some roses. The picture doesn't do him justice, it was another reminder of how beautiful insects are.
>> Anonymous
>>278196
The insect sites give me a hard time too, I think I found our fly buddies here but yeah this is in latin too:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7176
I usually just toss the latin name into wikipedia and it usually will translate it into the common name, like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucilia_sericata

Insects rule, I've been out there with my camera too and got some nice shots of dragonflies of all sorts of colors.
>> Anonymous
>>278213
oh man thank you so much, you have much more patience than me. I am brand new to photography, all of these pics were taken with a camera I got in chinatown last year, I ordered a Fujitsu s700 yesterday, so I can't wait to play with that. I would love to hear any tips or advice you can give me.
>> Anonymous
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last one before work, this guy was a pain to photograph and it was the best I could do.
>> Anonymous
>>278195
>>278196
they are a species of Calliphoridae, a blow-fly (eats rotting food, meat, humans, etc). Most likely that one is a bronze bottle fly, Phaenicia caprina but don't quote me on that.
>> Anonymous
>>277584
I cant see the whole caterpillar, but this is probably a Sphingidae caterpillar
>> Anonymous
>>278217
Looks like the exotic creature known as "the housefly." congrats, anon, on this exquisite, rare find
>> Anonymous
>>279081
housefly is Muscidae, this is some grass/flower fly but I dont know the family
>> Anonymous
>>277553
more like: common everyfuckingwhere
>> Anonymous
>>279069
You were way late only to repeat what was said above you. Don't any of you know how to read?
>> Anonymous
>>279125
you really have the most narrow view of isects dont you?
>> Anonymous
>>279290
he gave much more information than was already given.
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found this guy in my zucchini this morning. he wanted nothing to do with my fingers when I wanted to move him and wasnt falling for the leaf I was holding.
>> Dr. Grissom !9GXd8p7Kds
>>279083
I posted this about>>278217
It's some sort of grass fly, but I can't identify that down to anything specific

>>279319
this is an immature Pentatomidae (stink bug)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomidae