BUG ID please? - DPChallenge Forums

06/08/2008 03:34:15 PM · #1

Am not an Entomologist so can anyone ID this little fella please? It was about 1cm long and am thinking its some type of Stink Beetle?...

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06/08/2008 03:38:16 PM · #2

Box Elder bug.

06/08/2008 03:46:24 PM · #3

Originally posted by alans_world:

Box Elder bug.

Nope. Box Elder

Definetly in the Pentatomidae family (stink bugs and shield bugs). Not sure exactly which one. Let me see what I can come up with.

06/08/2008 03:51:40 PM · #4

I would say it is a Sloe Bug Dolycoris baccarums

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06/08/2008 04:16:40 PM · #5

Yup, looks like a Sloe Bug now - thanks

So, here is another for you....

06/08/2008 04:28:58 PM · #6

Originally posted by Ecce Signum:

So, here is another for you....

That one might be tough, don't suppose there is an shot of the top of him (or her as the case may be).

06/08/2008 04:42:23 PM · #7

I'd venture that its a member of the Mecoptera- maybe a Scorpion Fly although I think this particular one is native to the US.

06/08/2008 04:50:02 PM · #8

Originally posted by vxpra:

I'd venture that its a member of the Mecoptera- maybe a Scorpion Fly although I think this particular one is native to the US.

Well, am in the UK so maybe a distant relation?

This might be easier for you then....

06/08/2008 06:00:09 PM · #9

Yea, I am 99% certain its a type of Scorpion Fly, haven't been able to narrow it down any further. Got lucky with the Sloe Bug- apparently it appears in parts of the Atlantic Coast so it showed up in my USA guide.

Anyone got a good link to a UK insect site??