Yep, it's a Katydid. They all come out in September and October in New England and make their "Katydid" "No-she-didn't" "yes-she-did" "she-did she-did she-did" songs at night.
That reminds me, I saw this little bug as I was leaving the office on Wednesday. Any ideas as to what it is?
I'm in Portland, OR, for what it matters.
(Also, spoiled for being on mobile and not sure how big this picture is)
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Huh. Pretty big apparently.
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AuralynxDarkness is a perspectiveWatching the ego workRegistered Userregular
That's a shield-bug of some kind. One of the actual-bug guys will be around to tell you which shortly, I'm sure.
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That reminds me, I saw this little bug as I was leaving the office on Wednesday. Any ideas as to what it is?
I'm in Portland, OR, for what it matters.
(Also, spoiled for being on mobile and not sure how big this picture is)
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Huh. Pretty big apparently.
Yeah you gotta fix that.
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It's really hard to identify which type of "green stink bug" it is, because there are about 10+ different species (in 4+ different genus. I know of Palomena, Chlorochroa, Chinavia and Nezaria) with extremely similar markings, but with dark-ish antenna, transparant wings, green legs and a sort of "skin coloured" edge I'm going to say Chlorochroa granulosa.
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-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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Found a bunch of these inside a box of christmas stuff, in and through the beard of a santa. Some shells or something that looked like it'd been shed maybe? They're very small, not more than a few mm long. What are?
I had a bunch of these crawling on the outside of my house and now I’ve found a few inside. Wondering what they are. I live in SE Ohio if that helps.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
That handsome black and red fellow is a boxelder bug. They're using your walls to soak up heat, and you can look forward to more of them inside once it starts getting really cold.
They're harmless by any possible metric, but if you don't want big ol' bugs crawling around the inside of your house all winter, now might be a good time to get new door sweeps and caulk up any gaps around your windows.
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Found a bunch of these inside a box of christmas stuff, in and through the beard of a santa. Some shells or something that looked like it'd been shed maybe? They're very small, not more than a few mm long. What are?
I think this is a variety of carpet beetle.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
That handsome black and red fellow is a boxelder bug. They're using your walls to soak up heat, and you can look forward to more of them inside once it starts getting really cold.
They're harmless by any possible metric, but if you don't want big ol' bugs crawling around the inside of your house all winter, now might be a good time to get new door sweeps and caulk up any gaps around your windows.
Thanks! That actually makes a lot of sense, whenever I saw them outside they seemed to always prefer the side of the house that was getting the most sun.
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Hello thread. 3 months and page 4 isn't too dead-and-buried to abstain from necro-ing this, right?
Not exactly a bug question, as it's arachnids this time.
My sister found a not-so-pleasant surprise on her bananas earlier today:
Banana's quarantined in a plastic bag for now:
But she did catch three of the little buggers crawlies on the table. She vacuumed the surrounding area, but isn't quite sure she got all of them. Google-Fu isn't exactly alleviating her fears, either. (Oh, could be Brazilian Wandering Spiders, only one of the most venomous ones around!) With two young kids (4 and 2) at home, the prospect of those tiny little smudges-as-soon-as-you-touch-'em growing into something deadly is probably a good cause for the heebie jeebies.
Photo quality isn't that great, but she mentioned wanting to go grab a proper camera w/ lens later today.
Here are some blurry (cropped) close-ups anyway:
We're in the Netherlands, but considering they were on a banana, that's probably not much of a factor.
Well, I'll just say this- I'm pretty certain those aren't the juveniles of a Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer). First of all, most of the bananas produced in Brazil are consumed locally, so it's unlikely that these came from Brazil (unless your fruit specifically says "grown in Brazil").
Secondly, according to some research, the egg sacs of Phoneutria typically contain upwards of 800 spiderlings, which would make them much larger than those pictured here.
I don't know what species you have, but it's probably not anything dangerous. In fact, even if it were a wandering spider, the danger of their venom is massively overstated (as are the claims about nearly all venomous spiders!). Only 0.14% of reported, verified bites from a wandering spider have resulted in death and only about 140 of the bites have required medical attention.
If you haven't already killed the spiders, just put the bananas in the fridge for a few hours to make them sluggish, brush them off into the toilet, and enjoy your fruit!
Fun fact that I will repeat until I die (from spider bites, probably)
Most venomous spiders won't kill you. Yes, even Black Widows and Brown Recluses are more likely to just make you sick for a few days, but unless you are very susceptible for other reasons, most of the time these bites resolve themselves with little medical attention. In fact, most of the time there aren't actual medical treatments for bites (there are some anti-venoms for Black Widows, but most of the time muscle relaxers are prescribed instead, and the treatment for Recluse bites is "keep it clean, and also that's probably MRSA").
By all means, dispose of them if you feel uncomfortable, but the worst thing that will happen to you in the case of a Black Widow bite is generally severe lower back pain for a day or two, and then symptoms will clear.
Thanks! She wasn't all too concerned, but the "ah don't worry about it" advice from someone who knows what they're talking about is quite welcome.
Not sure of the current state of the banana/spiderlings, I expect they're still in the ziploc bag. Forwarded her this post, anyway.
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Yup, still in ziploc, waiting for hubby to come home and take proper closeup pictures. More for fun than any left-over worries, though. Will share when I get them.
Also, sticker on bananas said "Tucán Colombia", so uh, probably from Colombia.
I have personally seen 10 to 20 egg sacs from bananas, several with live spiderlings. I was not successful in raising the babies; they wouldn’t eat anything that I offered them including each other and I have reared thousands of baby spiders of other species to adulthood in my career. So people freak out because they fear that these spiders will establish in their homes, when I couldn’t get them to eat anything to get them to the next instar (stage between molts).
I have personally seen 10 to 20 egg sacs from bananas, several with live spiderlings. I was not successful in raising the babies; they wouldn’t eat anything that I offered them including each other and I have reared thousands of baby spiders of other species to adulthood in my career. So people freak out because they fear that these spiders will establish in their homes, when I couldn’t get them to eat anything to get them to the next instar (stage between molts).
Maybe they need mama-spider to inject the prey with digestive enzymes before they can eat it?
Suddenly I feel sorry for the little ones. Their mother must be worried sick somewhere in Colombia.
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Listen, if Charlotte's Web has taught me anything, it's that children's authors hate innocence.
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I have personally seen 10 to 20 egg sacs from bananas, several with live spiderlings. I was not successful in raising the babies; they wouldn’t eat anything that I offered them including each other and I have reared thousands of baby spiders of other species to adulthood in my career. So people freak out because they fear that these spiders will establish in their homes, when I couldn’t get them to eat anything to get them to the next instar (stage between molts).
Maybe they need mama-spider to inject the prey with digestive enzymes before they can eat it?
Suddenly I feel sorry for the little ones. Their mother must be worried sick somewhere in Colombia.
At a guess the transport process probably fatally injures them. Cold unpressurized cargo containers, airports that aren't exactly tropical..
I doubt the spiders he raised were from treated bananas. The process for that is usually comically huge doses of methyl bromide, which is nasty stuff
I was aware that some types of spiders eat each other, but it still creeps me out a bit that the spider scientist is just casually like, welp, they wouldn't eat anything I offered them, including each other
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Fratricidal infant cannibalism is what the arachnid world refers to as "quality control."
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Don't a lot of animals practice filial infanticide? Fish and hamsters/mice come to mind from personal experience.
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Sharks.
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A lot of processes that kill bugs don't kill their eggs. You can't really heat treat a raw banana, so I'm guessing the treatment killed the adult and left the eggs, which hatched later.
JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
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It's a wolf spider! The way they glue their egg sac to their butt is very distinctive. After they hatch, she'll carry the spiderlings around on her back while they grow, in one of nature's most disgusting yet touching miracles.
They're solitary hunters, not inclined to bite, and do not have venom potent enough to harm humans. Plus, if you've ever held a flashlight up to the side of your head and shone it into your yard to see all the spider eyes, the biggest and brightest were wolf spiders. Since they're hunters rather than webspinners, they've got two great big peepers in addition to the six small ones. A fine addition to any flower bed.
Based on shape and the fact that it's carrying a silk pouch for its eggs the way it does: It's some kind of Wolf Spider.
I can't tell more than that. There are literally hundreds of different wolf spiders that have that pattern and which only an arachnid specialist could tell apart.
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Ah, that makes sense then. She’s on her way from the raised garden over to the conveniently recently harvested rhubarb plant my wife has seen them holed up in before.
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It was missing part of its butt and a leg so I don't think it's doing well but it was very pretty. Some kind of cool grasshopper??
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjM9tZE_bDg
I find the sound relaxing and leave my windows open at night (when it's not raining so fricken much!) But YMMV
I'm in Portland, OR, for what it matters.
(Also, spoiled for being on mobile and not sure how big this picture is)
Yeah you gotta fix that.
What is this apparent shield bug?
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Chlorochroa granulosa
It's really hard to identify which type of "green stink bug" it is, because there are about 10+ different species (in 4+ different genus. I know of Palomena, Chlorochroa, Chinavia and Nezaria) with extremely similar markings, but with dark-ish antenna, transparant wings, green legs and a sort of "skin coloured" edge I'm going to say Chlorochroa granulosa.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Because it's acoustic camoflage, that hides them from bats.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VdharmslWc
It talks about the moth story at about 3:00. The coral thing is also pretty cool because molecular chaperons fascinate me.
Found a bunch of these inside a box of christmas stuff, in and through the beard of a santa. Some shells or something that looked like it'd been shed maybe? They're very small, not more than a few mm long. What are?
They're harmless by any possible metric, but if you don't want big ol' bugs crawling around the inside of your house all winter, now might be a good time to get new door sweeps and caulk up any gaps around your windows.
I think this is a variety of carpet beetle.
Thanks! That actually makes a lot of sense, whenever I saw them outside they seemed to always prefer the side of the house that was getting the most sun.
Not exactly a bug question, as it's arachnids this time.
My sister found a not-so-pleasant surprise on her bananas earlier today:
Banana's quarantined in a plastic bag for now:
But she did catch three of the little buggers crawlies on the table. She vacuumed the surrounding area, but isn't quite sure she got all of them. Google-Fu isn't exactly alleviating her fears, either. (Oh, could be Brazilian Wandering Spiders, only one of the most venomous ones around!) With two young kids (4 and 2) at home, the prospect of those tiny little smudges-as-soon-as-you-touch-'em growing into something deadly is probably a good cause for the heebie jeebies.
Photo quality isn't that great, but she mentioned wanting to go grab a proper camera w/ lens later today.
Here are some blurry (cropped) close-ups anyway:
We're in the Netherlands, but considering they were on a banana, that's probably not much of a factor.
Secondly, according to some research, the egg sacs of Phoneutria typically contain upwards of 800 spiderlings, which would make them much larger than those pictured here.
I don't know what species you have, but it's probably not anything dangerous. In fact, even if it were a wandering spider, the danger of their venom is massively overstated (as are the claims about nearly all venomous spiders!). Only 0.14% of reported, verified bites from a wandering spider have resulted in death and only about 140 of the bites have required medical attention.
If you haven't already killed the spiders, just put the bananas in the fridge for a few hours to make them sluggish, brush them off into the toilet, and enjoy your fruit!
Here's some receipts
Most venomous spiders won't kill you. Yes, even Black Widows and Brown Recluses are more likely to just make you sick for a few days, but unless you are very susceptible for other reasons, most of the time these bites resolve themselves with little medical attention. In fact, most of the time there aren't actual medical treatments for bites (there are some anti-venoms for Black Widows, but most of the time muscle relaxers are prescribed instead, and the treatment for Recluse bites is "keep it clean, and also that's probably MRSA").
By all means, dispose of them if you feel uncomfortable, but the worst thing that will happen to you in the case of a Black Widow bite is generally severe lower back pain for a day or two, and then symptoms will clear.
Not sure of the current state of the banana/spiderlings, I expect they're still in the ziploc bag. Forwarded her this post, anyway.
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Yup, still in ziploc, waiting for hubby to come home and take proper closeup pictures. More for fun than any left-over worries, though. Will share when I get them.
Also, sticker on bananas said "Tucán Colombia", so uh, probably from Colombia.
Maybe they need mama-spider to inject the prey with digestive enzymes before they can eat it?
Suddenly I feel sorry for the little ones. Their mother must be worried sick somewhere in Colombia.
For scale, compare pictures in previous post.
At a guess the transport process probably fatally injures them. Cold unpressurized cargo containers, airports that aren't exactly tropical..
I doubt the spiders he raised were from treated bananas. The process for that is usually comically huge doses of methyl bromide, which is nasty stuff
Baby sharks?
Do.
n't you dare.
It happens with grapes more often than you realize.
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https://i.imgur.com/Xdrh0JM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OucDiD8.jpg
They're solitary hunters, not inclined to bite, and do not have venom potent enough to harm humans. Plus, if you've ever held a flashlight up to the side of your head and shone it into your yard to see all the spider eyes, the biggest and brightest were wolf spiders. Since they're hunters rather than webspinners, they've got two great big peepers in addition to the six small ones. A fine addition to any flower bed.
I can't tell more than that. There are literally hundreds of different wolf spiders that have that pattern and which only an arachnid specialist could tell apart.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Thanks thread denizens!
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