Despite the abdomen not being greenish I want to say Asian weaver ant queen. I know that weaver ant workers can have a brown abdomen, but I've never seen a queen with one.
Because the shape of the weaver ant abdomen is fairly distinct.
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Any idea what species this is? Found it crawling on my wall this morning.
I'm in SE Ohio. It definitely would not surprise if this species is typically seen near water, I've got a farm pond like ~300 m from my house and it's rained a ton here.
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My spontaneous guess is that it's a male (it's certainly a male) Black Laceweaver.
P.S: I'm so happy that it's spring and this thread is going again.
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Despite the abdomen not being greenish I want to say Asian weaver ant queen. I know that weaver ant workers can have a brown abdomen, but I've never seen a queen with one.
Because the shape of the weaver ant abdomen is fairly distinct.
Thank you! I’ll keep an eye out for more. 19th floor is an interesting place to find her.
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Who is this intruder?
His entire circumference is about the size of a quarter.
Vancouver, WA, USA
We are going through some winter weather currently
His entire circumference is about the size of a quarter.
Vancouver, WA, USA
We are going through some winter weather currently
First impression is a jumping spider, but that doesn't really narrow things down that much for you.
Probably just looking to get out of the cold for a bit.
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His entire circumference is about the size of a quarter.
Vancouver, WA, USA
We are going through some winter weather currently
First impression is a jumping spider, but that doesn't really narrow things down that much for you.
Probably just looking to get out of the cold for a bit.
Some googling makes me think you are correct and that it is an adult Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
And yeah he didn't seem too thrilled when I put him outside
It does look like a Bold Jumping spider with that white spot on the abdomen and hints of white around the legs (and that jumping spider posture). There are a lot of jumping spiders in WA, but few have that bold black colour.
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I hate to bring this to the thread, but I just found this guy on a piece of paper in my living room. I took a lot more pictures here. And I fear what the answer is.
I hate to bring this to the thread, but I just found this guy on a piece of paper in my living room. I took a lot more pictures here. And I fear what the answer is.
As others have said, definitely a tick or some other form of parasitiform mite.
Not great news, but not terrible news either. If you have pets, check them. Do a self-check (scalp, legs, groin, armpits and ears in particular).
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You should also make sure to check your butt hole.
I had one on my scrotum once. It wasn't as bad as you'd think. But we have a dog and therefore a few tick removal tools so I just lassoed the blood sucking fucker and stepped on it.
(And then I went and found a heavy mason jar to roll over it and actually kill it. Those bastards are sturdy.)
You should also make sure to check your butt hole.
I had one on my scrotum once. It wasn't as bad as you'd think. But we have a dog and therefore a few tick removal tools so I just lassoed the blood sucking fucker and stepped on it.
(And then I went and found a heavy mason jar to roll over it and actually kill it. Those bastards are sturdy.)
Close second to roaches. I hit a particularly large roach with a hammer once and it survived.
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And here I'm trying to be even slightly classy and use "groin" as a fairly neutral term for that general era and everyone else is just "Check your butthole!" and "Once I had a tick on my ballsack!".
P.S: The best Tom Cardy song is either Naughty or Nice or Human Interaction.
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"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
You should also make sure to check your butt hole.
I had one on my scrotum once. It wasn't as bad as you'd think. But we have a dog and therefore a few tick removal tools so I just lassoed the blood sucking fucker and stepped on it.
(And then I went and found a heavy mason jar to roll over it and actually kill it. Those bastards are sturdy.)
Close second to roaches. I hit a particularly large roach with a hammer once and it survived.
How was the hammer?
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You should also make sure to check your butt hole.
I had one on my scrotum once. It wasn't as bad as you'd think. But we have a dog and therefore a few tick removal tools so I just lassoed the blood sucking fucker and stepped on it.
(And then I went and found a heavy mason jar to roll over it and actually kill it. Those bastards are sturdy.)
Close second to roaches. I hit a particularly large roach with a hammer once and it survived.
And here I'm trying to be even slightly classy and use "groin" as a fairly neutral term for that general era and everyone else is just "Check your butthole!" and "Once I had a tick on my ballsack!".
P.S: The best Tom Cardy song is either Naughty or Nice or Human Interaction.
I'd add Big Breakfast and Human Centipede to that list - also 'bug' related!
My daughter found this fella in my car yesterday and wants to know what it is. It seemed quite content just to crawl around really fast on her hand and not fly away despite this human who kept trying to take picture of it.
Found in eastern Massachusetts, USA.
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I have to admit I have no idea. At first I was thinking some kind of snow/stonefly, but the legs are wrong for that (stoneflies have hind legs that are hinged similar to grasshoppers).
Maybe some kind of woodwasp (because that's some kind of hardened ovipositor, right)?
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Sorry to bother the thread yet again, but I found a concerning bug stuck in one of my interceptor traps. It was about 3 mm in body length, though the legs make it about three times that length, extending in front and behind. I can't tell if the front "legs" are actually legs, or if they are antenna.
This one seems 'long' vs. the last one, which was more 'round'.
Anyhow, my camera once again sucks at capturing images at this scale... But I was able to capture the bug and look at it through a microscope. Sadly, the only microscope I have access to is a polarized light microscope, which is meant for looking at crystals. So there's a lot of detail lost in the image. But it does give a good impression of the outline of the thing.
Sorry to bother the thread yet again, but I found a concerning bug stuck in one of my interceptor traps. It was about 3 mm in body length, though the legs make it about three times that length, extending in front and behind. I can't tell if the front "legs" are actually legs, or if they are antenna.
This one seems 'long' vs. the last one, which was more 'round'.
Anyhow, my camera once again sucks at capturing images at this scale... But I was able to capture the bug and look at it through a microscope. Sadly, the only microscope I have access to is a polarized light microscope, which is meant for looking at crystals. So there's a lot of detail lost in the image. But it does give a good impression of the outline of the thing.
Definitely mites. Their hairyness means that they're likely some kind of Trombidiform mite, but unless you're suddenly developing red and very itchy lesions they're probably not chiggers. Trombidiform mites is a very diverse family.
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Definitely mites. Their hairyness means that they're likely some kind of Trombidiform mite, but unless you're suddenly developing red and very itchy lesions they're probably not chiggers. Trombidiform mites is a very diverse family.
Thank you tremendously for that assessment. I wasn't thinking it could be a mite because the body shape, as mites always struck me as being round, rather than long. But then, I didn't appreciate how diverse Trombidiforms were!
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Paper wasp is my immediate guess, and if that is correct then the question becomes "is that an area you or anything you love would like to be able to approach without being harassed by wasps?"
If yes, burninate the wasp and nest
Added: that looks like a deflated kiddie pool, destroy the wasp and nest
(Paper wasps are fairly chill if you don't bother them iirc, but will definitely make you stay away from their nest)
Could be paper wasps or yellowjackets. It's very hard to tell since the basic eusocial wasp nest always looks like that (it's not really until they grow bigger that you can see the distinct variations beween different species). One general trend though is that the paper wasp nest tends to be attached to a single thread at this point in development while yellowjacket nests tend to be attached more directly to the surface material.
The pattern on the abdomen suggests European paper wasp (which is "leave alone in the wild, but destroy if it's on your house or in a playground etc"), but I can't say anything definitive.
Yellow-jacket nest at about the same stage.
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Heh, I think my brain went "You got close enough to take a picture? That's too chill to be a yellow jacket"
That's definitely the "no touchy" form of spider-neighbours.
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Because the shape of the weaver ant abdomen is fairly distinct.
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Off topic, but that's a beautiful view you've got there Advent.
Any idea what species this is? Found it crawling on my wall this morning.
I'm in SE Ohio. It definitely would not surprise if this species is typically seen near water, I've got a farm pond like ~300 m from my house and it's rained a ton here.
P.S: I'm so happy that it's spring and this thread is going again.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Thank you! I’ll keep an eye out for more. 19th floor is an interesting place to find her.
Who is this intruder?
His entire circumference is about the size of a quarter.
Vancouver, WA, USA
We are going through some winter weather currently
First impression is a jumping spider, but that doesn't really narrow things down that much for you.
Probably just looking to get out of the cold for a bit.
Some googling makes me think you are correct and that it is an adult Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
And yeah he didn't seem too thrilled when I put him outside
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The Strikethrough Jumping Spider is the nastiest of the bunch, though it's luckily only found in southern Florida.
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That's a lot better than I was fearing - Holy cow, thank you.
I mean, ticks are no bueno because Lyme Disease is a thing. But the chances are low and hopefully you found it not embedded in your body...
That's exactly the kind of bloodsucker I'm worried about.
Ticks aren't exactly something I'm happy to see, but seeing a single tick is way better news to me right now than seeing a single bedbug.
(I have since caught the bug and kept it in a plastic bag for submission and identification.)
As others have said, definitely a tick or some other form of parasitiform mite.
Not great news, but not terrible news either. If you have pets, check them. Do a self-check (scalp, legs, groin, armpits and ears in particular).
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I had one on my scrotum once. It wasn't as bad as you'd think. But we have a dog and therefore a few tick removal tools so I just lassoed the blood sucking fucker and stepped on it.
(And then I went and found a heavy mason jar to roll over it and actually kill it. Those bastards are sturdy.)
Close second to roaches. I hit a particularly large roach with a hammer once and it survived.
It's unfortunate he hasn't managed to match the sheer genius of this song in any of his subsequent work
it is the perfect song
P.S: The best Tom Cardy song is either Naughty or Nice or Human Interaction.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
How was the hammer?
The roach took it away from him
I'd add Big Breakfast and Human Centipede to that list - also 'bug' related!
Found in eastern Massachusetts, USA.
Maybe some kind of woodwasp (because that's some kind of hardened ovipositor, right)?
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
This one seems 'long' vs. the last one, which was more 'round'.
Anyhow, my camera once again sucks at capturing images at this scale... But I was able to capture the bug and look at it through a microscope. Sadly, the only microscope I have access to is a polarized light microscope, which is meant for looking at crystals. So there's a lot of detail lost in the image. But it does give a good impression of the outline of the thing.
Image from my camera is here and also here.
Images from the microscope are here and here.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Definitely mites. Their hairyness means that they're likely some kind of Trombidiform mite, but unless you're suddenly developing red and very itchy lesions they're probably not chiggers. Trombidiform mites is a very diverse family.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Thank you tremendously for that assessment. I wasn't thinking it could be a mite because the body shape, as mites always struck me as being round, rather than long. But then, I didn't appreciate how diverse Trombidiforms were!
Is it a friend that needs to be sprayed?
Bonus snail-friend pic:
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If yes, burninate the wasp and nest
Added: that looks like a deflated kiddie pool, destroy the wasp and nest
(Paper wasps are fairly chill if you don't bother them iirc, but will definitely make you stay away from their nest)
The pattern on the abdomen suggests European paper wasp (which is "leave alone in the wild, but destroy if it's on your house or in a playground etc"), but I can't say anything definitive.
Yellow-jacket nest at about the same stage.
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Good to know about the early nest stage!
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Stuck under a leaf in Indonesia.