This interesting bug greeted me as I came home from running errands today:
I don’t know whether he’s a good bug or a bad bug, I’ll have to get my insect id books out. It’s looking like this insect may be a Bee Assassin Bug (Apiomerus spp.). So to me it is a bad guy since it kills Honey Bees. If anyone can confirm this, I would appreciate it!
I wrote to the Entomology Professor at school and he identified this leaf footed bug, Order Hemiptera as: Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis). Thanks Rob!
As I opened the front window I saw this next bug (it looks like some kind of fly) sleeping on the Echinacea:
It wasn’t too bad at all going out today since it was sprinkling. I put on my workout pants (since they’re soft) and everything worked out fine. Yay! I can go outside again. But I still will be careful of the sun because there are still some blisters, and lots of skin healing to go.
July 28, 2006 at 11:50 pm
That’s a stink bug…don’t know the species. They are for the most part plant eaters, not a major problem. But they smell awful when you smush them.
July 29, 2006 at 7:50 am
Thanks Susan! I’ll see if I can id the species.
September 4, 2006 at 7:56 pm
[...] The next photo is of the bad boy that was *inside* my home today. He’s the Western Conifer Seed Bug I saw here. Also known as a stink bug. Ewwwww. Now I have respect for things outside of my home, but once they come inside, they’re m-i-n-e. I got out my kill jar, and put him back outside, safe and sound. Here he is on his way outside: [...]