What the heck is this?
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:52 pm
Can someone tell me what kind of bug this is. It was about 3 inches long and no I did not kill it. It was on the outside of my house.
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:56 pm
Stink bug. They are all over the place around my house, the kids play with them.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 7:58 pm
Here the first link I got when I googled it. The one in your picture is about half way down the page.
oppps heres the link
http://ufinsect.ifas.ufl.edu/stink_bugs/stink_bugs.htm
oppps heres the link
http://ufinsect.ifas.ufl.edu/stink_bugs/stink_bugs.htm
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:02 pm
O Town wrote:Here the first link I got when I googled it. The one in your picture is about half way down the page.
oppps heres the link
http://ufinsect.ifas.ufl.edu/stink_bugs/stink_bugs.htm
Are you talking about the leaffooted bug? They're not even an inch long.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:08 pm
They all are stink bugs, the one he has a picture of that I see all around my house they are calling the squash stink bug. I have seen all sizes around my house from rolly polly size to scary big.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:14 pm
I have never seen one that big. Usually all I see are the small ones like in Fig 3.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Hmmmm.....it sure looks like some kind of "assassin bug" to me. They are a cousin to the stinkbug......but give a very painful bite. Here's some info that may help.......
http://whatsthatbug.com/assassin.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/166/bgpage
I've seen them an inch or a little longer....but THREE inches!!!.....p
http://whatsthatbug.com/assassin.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/166/bgpage
I've seen them an inch or a little longer....but THREE inches!!!.....p
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:19 pm
I saw a bug like that last weekend. My 6-year-old cousin asked me what it was, and it looked familiar but I couldn't remember.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:25 pm
That is one scary looking bug.
Just great, now I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.
Just great, now I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:38 pm
Thats a florida stink bug...Everything grows a little bigger here..
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:55 pm
feederband wrote:Thats a florida stink bug...Everything grows a little bigger here..
Then its a long way from home.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:56 pm
Tstormwatcher wrote:feederband wrote:Thats a florida stink bug...Everything grows a little bigger here..
Then its a long way from home.
True....
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:13 pm
Well I posted this on another forum and a member there found this:http://bugguide.net/node/view/37092
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:19 pm
ohh...you found my pet, Bob...thank you...was wondering where he went to ...in other news, he is creepy looking...
...in other news, he is creepy looking...Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:39 pm
Stinkbug. They emit a strong odor.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:46 pm
Tstormwatcher wrote:Well I posted this on another forum and a member there found this:http://bugguide.net/node/view/37092
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/true_bugs_3.html
This site says it has no common name and is not a stinkbug. So I guess you can just call it "that big ugly bug thing."
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:22 pm
Well the common name here in FL is a stink bug. 
petal*pusher.......I hope they don't bite. I have never known one to bit. Just a few days ago my 4 YO sat a smaller one on her shirt and just hung around outside with it for an hour or so. Taking it off her shirt, petting it, and then her and her older sister got out a jar and make it a home. They named it Stinkey. Go figure.
I also find it funny that we call it a stink bug here and its from the family of a group of bugs named assassin bugs. 
petal*pusher.......I hope they don't bite. I have never known one to bit. Just a few days ago my 4 YO sat a smaller one on her shirt and just hung around outside with it for an hour or so. Taking it off her shirt, petting it, and then her and her older sister got out a jar and make it a home. They named it Stinkey.
Go figure.
I also find it funny that we call it a stink bug here and its from the family of a group of bugs named assassin bugs.
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:31 pm
Regit wrote:Tstormwatcher wrote:Well I posted this on another forum and a member there found this:http://bugguide.net/node/view/37092
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/true_bugs_3.html
This site says it has no common name and is not a stinkbug. So I guess you can just call it "that big ugly bug thing."
It is where I come from.
I have never seen a stink bug that looks like that one though.
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:42 am
feederband wrote:Thats a florida stink bug...Everything grows a little bigger here..
That's just about normal size for a Texas stink bug.
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:14 am
And boy do they stink!