I thought it was Janice, who is studying to become a web developer?
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It's not a mayfly (the wingstructure, antennae and body structure is wrong for that).
It's definitly a cranefly. A male of the ctenophora family, because only the males of the ctenophora family have those feathery antannae. This guy is on the hunt for a female.
I don't know which species it is.
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Just saw several interesting looking flies, and I'm wondering if this thread can help. Sorry, I didn't get a picture.
It looked like a largish fly, all black body with a light yellow spot where the wings join the body, about an inch long, and with a pointed butt that curled up towards the sky.
Earwigs also fit the description of 1 inch large, black and butt pointing towards the sky (and they do have wings), but people tend to notice the big claw at the end of the abdomen.
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Nope, wings were housefly-like, 2 somewhat equilateral triangles that laid flat against the body. It was all black, and the only bit of color was the spot by the wings.
I would say it was definitely a fly of some kind and not a wasp. No wasp like segmentation.
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If it's not "about an inch", but instead about half that size it could be a goldenbacked snipe fly.
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No. I am pretty positive the wings did not overlap at all. I will be out in that area again tomorrow, so if I see one I will try to get a picture if I see one again.
Edit: I do believe the goldenbacked snipe fly is it. The body was about as long as the distance between my pointer fingers 2nd and 3rd knuckle
Relative in Fort Worth, TX posted this on Facebook with a big question mark.
First guess was some kind of moth, but she said it had more of a shiny shell rather than moth wings
Colorful little thing, whatever it is.
Edit: Said it looked about 1/2 inch or so.
I knew it had to be a moth, with a body that long and narrow and wings folded close and no crazy antennae...it had to be.
It's an Ailanthus Webworm moth.
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Note that all species of that family are quite shiny and look a bit like true bugs when they're not flying.
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Any idea what this might be? Thinking horsehair worm, but that's like 5 mins of Googling. Suburb of Chicago.
what are these evil flies and how do I rid my yard/pool of them... they are horrible, most flies i have dealt with will go away when you dunk under the water in a pool, these guys just hover and wait for you to come back up. They do not give no f's about citronella or any other bug/fly repellant we have tried.
To get rid of them:
1. Get rid of any garbage around the pool/yard. The females will bite you for blood to breed their offspring, but generally they live off organic junk.
2. Bait flytraps with 50/50 sugar/vinegar. Flies love that stuff. There are a number of different commercial and improvised versions of fly traps and most of them are pretty effective.
P.S: This is a pretty effective and easily made version. how-to-build-a-horsefly-trap. And you don't need that much bait either.
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Barn Swallows have adapted to nesting near people, and build their cup-shaped mud nests in barns or garages, or on protected ledges, often near each other. The good news? These twittery, flittery birds love to eat the insects that humans consider pesky.
Imagine: 60 insects per hour, a whopping 850 per day. That's how much each bird eats.
Thank you, they are the most insufferable buggers, washing my car and they are all about the water on it, swat one and it just chuckles and flies off
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I'm pretty sure if you listen hard enough you can literally hear those fuckers having a laugh at your expense, horseflies are the worst.
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
I'm pretty sure if you listen hard enough you can literally hear those fuckers having a laugh at your expense, horseflies are the worst.
To the point where a friend of the family with a cabin in the archipelago used to load up his airsoft rifle with pieces of eraser rubber to shoot at them from his bed. Those projectiles were powerful&fast enough to hit both horseflies and the occasional hornet.
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Also. My very inexpert guess would be Leucotabanus Annulatus.
But when it comes to flies I'm terrible since I think all of them are sufficiently disgusting that I'm not going to study them very closely.
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Earwigs are starting to show up one at a time here and there in our house. We're in Madison, WI, and the weather's been rainy and hot for the last week or so. Our house is dry, well insulated, and AC'd, and from what I'm reading they don't like those conditions much so I'm not sure why they're invading my space, but here they are. Last year it was stinkbugs so I'm kind of just hoping this is a thing that bugs do to annoy me?
There's been a couple on the ground floor and my wife said she found some dead ones in the basement. When I get home this evening I'm going to go poking around our utility room with a flashlight. Any tips from you fine bug aficionados that you could share?
According to my map Delaware is too small to have a "lower" and an "upper". It's just "Delaware".
It's also not a very helpful descriptor anyway, because upper and lower could be referring to north vs south, or higher elevation vs lower, like with Germany. Upper Germany is the southern parts closer to the Alps, while lower Germany is the north, closer to the coasts.
According to my map Delaware is too small to have a "lower" and an "upper". It's just "Delaware".
It's also not a very helpful descriptor anyway, because upper and lower could be referring to north vs south, or higher elevation vs lower, like with Germany. Upper Germany is the southern parts closer to the Alps, while lower Germany is the north, closer to the coasts.
yea and you definitely don't want to confuse the Northern Delawarean Alps with the southern delaware desert. way different ecosystems there
ceresWhen the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderatormod
Wolf spider?
And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
Wolf spiders don't really do webs like that, and they tend to be longer legged with hairier bodies and are generally brown and black. I was thinking an orb weaver, but there are so many types of orb weavers that that really only narrows it down a little more than "it's some kind of spider".
Of course, I'm not a professional bug guy, so I could be wrong on all counts.
Yep. Not a wolf spider. Wolf spiders don't really do the whole "hanging in a web thing".
The big (and possibly weirdly shaped, can't really tell if it's a camoflage pattern or if the abdomen is actually somewhat triangular in shape) abdomen, the pattern on the legs and the fact that it's hanging in a web all suggests orb weaver, just like See317 said.
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Nah, that's Denise who's trying to get out of QA work because she's tired of hunting bugs.
Actually it could be Charlotte who is dreaming of life away from the farm
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Any thoughts on this little guy? I initially thought Mayfly, but that doesn’t seem quite right? Southern Ohio.
It's definitly a cranefly. A male of the ctenophora family, because only the males of the ctenophora family have those feathery antannae. This guy is on the hunt for a female.
I don't know which species it is.
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It looked like a largish fly, all black body with a light yellow spot where the wings join the body, about an inch long, and with a pointed butt that curled up towards the sky.
Location is south central Wisconsin.
Earwigs also fit the description of 1 inch large, black and butt pointing towards the sky (and they do have wings), but people tend to notice the big claw at the end of the abdomen.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I would say it was definitely a fly of some kind and not a wasp. No wasp like segmentation.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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Edit: I do believe the goldenbacked snipe fly is it. The body was about as long as the distance between my pointer fingers 2nd and 3rd knuckle
Relative in Fort Worth, TX posted this on Facebook with a big question mark.
First guess was some kind of moth, but she said it had more of a shiny shell rather than moth wings
Colorful little thing, whatever it is.
Edit: Said it looked about 1/2 inch or so.
It's an Ailanthus Webworm moth.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Any idea what this might be? Thinking horsehair worm, but that's like 5 mins of Googling. Suburb of Chicago.
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To get rid of them:
1. Get rid of any garbage around the pool/yard. The females will bite you for blood to breed their offspring, but generally they live off organic junk.
2. Bait flytraps with 50/50 sugar/vinegar. Flies love that stuff. There are a number of different commercial and improvised versions of fly traps and most of them are pretty effective.
P.S: This is a pretty effective and easily made version. how-to-build-a-horsefly-trap. And you don't need that much bait either.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Borrow some swallows to catch the flies?
:whistle: It's worth a try!* :whistle:
*(Ambient cat-levels may negatively impact ROI of bird-based pest control.)
To the point where a friend of the family with a cabin in the archipelago used to load up his airsoft rifle with pieces of eraser rubber to shoot at them from his bed. Those projectiles were powerful&fast enough to hit both horseflies and the occasional hornet.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
But when it comes to flies I'm terrible since I think all of them are sufficiently disgusting that I'm not going to study them very closely.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I hate them so much i'm almost tempted to build a flytrap as described above, but make a platform of mesh above the liquid so they don't drown.
I want them alive...
There's been a couple on the ground floor and my wife said she found some dead ones in the basement. When I get home this evening I'm going to go poking around our utility room with a flashlight. Any tips from you fine bug aficionados that you could share?
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It's also not a very helpful descriptor anyway, because upper and lower could be referring to north vs south, or higher elevation vs lower, like with Germany. Upper Germany is the southern parts closer to the Alps, while lower Germany is the north, closer to the coasts.
yea and you definitely don't want to confuse the Northern Delawarean Alps with the southern delaware desert. way different ecosystems there
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Wolf spiders don't really do webs like that, and they tend to be longer legged with hairier bodies and are generally brown and black. I was thinking an orb weaver, but there are so many types of orb weavers that that really only narrows it down a little more than "it's some kind of spider".
Of course, I'm not a professional bug guy, so I could be wrong on all counts.
The big (and possibly weirdly shaped, can't really tell if it's a camoflage pattern or if the abdomen is actually somewhat triangular in shape) abdomen, the pattern on the legs and the fact that it's hanging in a web all suggests orb weaver, just like See317 said.
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