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| photo of praying mantis with discharge | 6/23/2009 |
Q: I am attaching a photo for you to see of the praying mantis I asked you about on 6/17. The old clear ...
A: Well, Annalisa, from what it looks like it seems pretty much like an infection, yet there is no sure ...
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| praying mantis | 6/20/2009 |
Q: about 4 months ago I found a praying mantis in bush in my back yard, he is always in there ...
A: Praying mantids are not supposed to produce gel from their front legs. However, if this "gel" is an ...
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| hi | 6/19/2009 |
Q: hello i dont know if you remember me but im dan and i kept on asking you about the praying mantis ...
A: Oh hey Dan! Of course I remember you. That's great, I love assasin bugs as well. I had a colony of ...
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| praying mantis has discharge | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I have a female Carolina praying mantis who has had a tiny bubble of clear fluid coming out of her ...
A: Well, I hate to say, but there are several things that could be happening here that it is very hard ...
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| Lots of beetle like bugs in backyard | 6/9/2009 |
Q: I want to be able to take my 3 yr old daughter out into our backyard, but we seem to have an ...
A: Oh yes, milkweed beetles. Well, milkweed beetles can be confused with boxelder beetles, so let me ...
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| my praying mantis eggs | 5/4/2009 |
Q: ANSWER: Dear Dan- A typical praying mantis egg, or ootheca, will survive in whatever enviorment it ...
A: Well, I don't think it's bad. :-D As the young little guys get bigger, so will the egg. As for ...
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| Mantids | 5/3/2009 |
Q: I know this is a silly question, but Ican't seem to find the anser anywhere. Why are they called ...
A: That is not a silly question at all! "Mantids" are plural for "Mantis". It would sound a bit silly ...
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| Black bugs that bite | 5/2/2009 |
Q: We live in Hartland, WI, and have a problem with a bug that I'm trying to identify. The bug looks ...
A: I am about to list you several pictures to some different types of biting flies. Please ask a follow ...
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| my praying mantis eggs | 4/29/2009 |
Q: ANSWER: Dear Dan- A typical praying mantis egg, or ootheca, will survive in whatever enviorment it ...
A: In a typical healthy habitat, a mantis needs room to molt, which is 3 times the length of it ...
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| my praying mantis eggs | 4/27/2009 |
Q: hi my name is dan i live in the small town of new ipswich new hampshire i am 14 years old and well ...
A: A typical praying mantis egg, or ootheca, will survive in whatever enviorment it is used to over a ...
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| Black and green striped bug | 4/26/2009 |
Q: My husband and I just came across bugs crawling all over a dead tree stump. They look like they ...
A: I am about to give you a bunch of links to many pictures of different types of insects. Please ask a ...
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| black wasps/ant insects. | 4/19/2009 |
Q: i keep getting the black wasps/ant insects in my house.my bedroom really. i don't know how they keep ...
A: It is that time of season! But first before I can help you, you'll need to provide me with a little ...
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| Teeny Tiny black & white and dark red & whitish flying bugs | 4/14/2009 |
Q: We live in East Tennnessee and are having real problems with this teeny tiny little beetle looking ...
A: I've gotten many questions right about now to do with this. It is their season after all! These ...
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| Carolina Mantid | 4/13/2009 |
Q: I caught a Carolina Mantid (as identified in a book) last fall, and the beauty laid eggs for me! The ...
A: Don't you love the feeling when you get an egg sac? These egg sacs are called ootheca, and are on ...
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| Bugs | 4/9/2009 |
Q: I live in a brick built house in Kent England. I had recently noticed a 2-3mm black bugs on my front ...
A: It is that time of season. I have many of those in my household too, commonly called carpet beetles. ...
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| Carpet mites? | 4/8/2009 |
Q: I know that the landlord had a dog and she had award me that she steamed cleaned the carpets. I ...
A: This sounds like an average case of chiggers, or Trombicula alfreddugesi as the scientific name. ...
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| Praying Mantis' eyes. | 4/6/2009 |
Q: We have an Indian Praying Mantis, he is small and light brown but he started off green. He is in his ...
A: Well, it's like diagnosing any other eye problem in a human. There are thousands of things that can ...
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| bugs | 4/2/2009 |
Q: Is their such thing as a white ladybug?
A: I may not be the best person to ask, but I believe that white ladybugs to exist. I think, (I do not ...
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| A good question about Mantids/hermaphrodite?? | 3/19/2009 |
Q: it's great to find that there are mantis experts here online...I have a question about them. Long ...
A: Hm... well, no mantis can reach sexual maturity within 2 weeks. I sure hope that your ootheca ...
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| praying mantis | 3/15/2009 |
Q: I usually have praying mantis in my gardens which I really enjoy watching...I was watching one that ...
A: This is definitely an ootheca, or egg sac. If you enjoy mantids, you can pick it up (unless if it is ...
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| Flies in house & refrigerator | 2/20/2009 |
Q: I really hope you can help. We have had an infestation of some type of fly for over three weeks ...
A: I have a friend who also has this problem. However, I can't QUITE make a great guess until I get a ...
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| Praying Mantis | 2/12/2009 |
Q: I have been watching a Praying Mantis attack a Honeybee in my pot garden. Can you tell me the ...
A: Well, Norma- Pretty much, if a mantis is attacking anything, it thinks it can handle it and almost ...
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| Praying Mantis | 2/6/2009 |
Q: My name is Thai-ler & I am 7 years old. My mom found your name on the internet and it said that you ...
A: Well, Thai-ler: First off, your report sounds great! It's based on one of the worlds many greatest ...
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| the future of interior planting... bugs? | 1/27/2009 |
Q: im currently studying garden design at falmouth university, cornwall, uk, and im writing an 8000word ...
A: I am happy to know that you would come to me to ask this question, but I do not specialize in ...
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| bugs | 1/23/2009 |
Q: what are all the insects that live inside human
A: Andre: There are many, many bugs and insects that can live inside or on a human. The one that is ...
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| wood boring in deck | 7/19/2008 |
Q: we have found holes on the underside of the planks of wood around our deck. There is a pile of dust ...
A: They could be many things, but the only things that come to mind is either termites or earwigs. ...
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| Where are they??? | 7/16/2008 |
Q: Last spring a nest of mantis hatched near my back door. I was thrilled and noticed that on the ...
A: You may also have a nest of large birds in your yard eating your mantids, but I don't think that is ...
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| Mantis segments | 7/14/2008 |
Q: How to distinguish what a "segment" on the Mantis body looks like so that I can sex them?
A: A segment is a part of the abdomen. They are the lines that seperate it like small sections; males ...
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| In reagrds to an answer by Mr. Eaton from 7/7 | 7/14/2008 |
Q: I've came across an answer by Mr. Eaton in this site, in search of my own question in this matter, I ...
A: Before I can answer this question, I would like a description of the coloration, size, and shape of ...
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| gray bugs | 7/12/2008 |
Q: i have the extremely small and round gray/brownish bugs biting me i don know what they are please ...
A: I can not know exactly what they are for sure without a picture, but from that description, I ...
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| praying mantis | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I work in Northern Illinois and I have had the pleasure of having an annual visit from praying ...
A: Praying Manti typically live one year from spring to autumn. However, I have heard some cases where ...
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| Anise Swallowtails | 7/9/2008 |
Q: I have raise Tiger swallowtails in past year from wild-collected caterpillars, but this year I have ...
A: I do not know much about Anise Swallowtails as I do Praying Mantids, but I did do a little research ...
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| Little white bugs | 7/6/2008 |
Q: I was wondering, I just recently went to the beach and numerous times I felt little tiny white bugs ...
A: "Tiny white bug" could be a wide, wide variety of many types of insects. However, I may not be the ...
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| GETTING BIT BY WHAT????? | 7/5/2008 |
Q: My family has a big problem. We thought they were bedbugs but you can't see anything. These things ...
A: I feel truly sorry for your situation, but I think they might be either chiggers or fleas, or maybe ...
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| tiny winged butterfly | 7/5/2008 |
Q: Tiny black-winged butterfly known in the Caribbean as 'Cock and hen.' Can you identify? Thanks, ...
A: I am very sorry about this, but I don't happen to know what a Cock and Hen might be. I did some ...
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| Little Orange Bugs | 7/4/2008 |
Q: I have a question for these tiny little orange bugs, they are most common around pools and are ...
A: These are insects called Thrips. They are very plentiful pests that feed on any plants, so besides ...
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| small grey bugs that jump and bite | 7/3/2008 |
Q: my girlfriend and I live in Astoria, NY which is in the queens borough and we have a problem with ...
A: From this description, I can vaguely guess that they are springtails. Here is a photo: ...
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| tiny red ants -chicago | 7/3/2008 |
Q: I notice very tiny reddish colored ants on my dresser this morning not very many but enough to freak ...
A: Well, these could be a number of different things, none of which I am completely familiar with. If ...
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| what are these things! | 7/3/2008 |
Q: After a good rain, my neighbor and I have both found these piles of dark powdery substance stuff ...
A: I'm very sorry, but I cannot answer this question with only that much detail. Here are some ...
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| large spiders | 7/1/2008 |
Q: Please help, I keep finding large dark brown/black hairy spiders.. about four inches wide and ...
A: Here is an address for a photo of a standard tarantula: ...
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| Feeding my Praying Mantis | 7/1/2008 |
Q: I live in Southeastern PA and have a young Chinese Praying Mantis. Recently, I caught a flying ...
A: This sounds like it could be a type of wasp. I wouldn't suggest feeding your mantis anything that ...
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| Butterflies are absent | 6/29/2008 |
Q: Where are all the butterflies? My buttefly bush is normally crawling with activity as are my garden ...
A: There could be a number of different things happening. There could have been a better place for ...
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| lightning fast silver eathworm | 6/27/2008 |
Q: A "Very Fast"..metallic and shiny siver 5-6 inch earthworm..Have you ever heard of one?..I saw one ...
A: This metallic earthworm could simply have just been a snake called the Plains Blind Snake. It ...
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| my scorpion is dead | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I have found - accidentally killed - a scorpion and wish to preserve. read "ed's" answer to someone ...
A: I have never tried to preserve an insect specimen, but I think that Ed's answer could work with this ...
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| Cow Ant Stings | 6/24/2008 |
Q: Can a cow ant sting hurt a small child? What do you do if you get stung by one for the pain? My ...
A: Cow Ants are actually a type of wasp, females without wings. The female has a very painful sting ...
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| Multiple bees everywhere in the yard from small to large, especially on the grass | 6/21/2008 |
Q: I'm writing because I recently noticed in the last few days a bee every square foot of my back yard. ...
A: I don't know much about bees that I do about praying mantids, but I would think that the bees found ...
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| Spider | 6/20/2008 |
Q: A spider has laid a nest in the corner of my room, there seem to be about 20 baby spiders, is there ...
A: I think that perhaps putting a jar over the nest so they all crawl up into it and then leaving the ...
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| i call it a slug worm | 6/17/2008 |
Q: their was a women in texas who decribes the same type of worm its lyte brown with dark lines on it ...
A: I know it has been a long while since this question has been answered, but as I was looking through ...
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| Midwest Bug in bed | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I keep on finding these bugs in my bed sometimes and on the floor.. they are black with a gold or ...
A: I'm not so sure what these exactly could be, but I could guess that they are a type of carpet ...
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| swimming pool insects | 6/15/2008 |
Q: We live in Tn. and have had our swimming pool for 10 years. This year there are annoying litte (1/8 ...
A: Well, I'm very sorry for this inconvinience, but I cannot identify this insect. I'm sure other ...
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| tiny white bugs on snack bar | 6/15/2008 |
Q: My son thought I had left some flour on the snack bar, but in looking closer, the suspected specs of ...
A: I think that from your description, this sounds lice a type of book lice (also called psocids or ...
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| bug nest | 6/13/2008 |
Q: Please help. I know you said no bug identifacations but if you recognize the type please e-mail me. ...
A: There are so many different species of insects worldwide that "long bug" could be anything. If you ...
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| help! | 6/13/2008 |
Q: we found this weird bug. 5-6 inches, 2 inch long pinchers, 3-4 inch wings, it is brown in color and ...
A: I don't know alot about other bugs, but I browsed for awhile looking for what this could be when I ...
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| help! | 6/11/2008 |
Q: we found this weird bug. 5-6 inches, 2 inch long pinchers, 3-4 inch wings, it is brown in color and ...
A: When I opened your question, one of my good friends happened to be standing by me and saw the ...
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| June beetle??? | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I found this beetle that looks like a 'june bug' but its color is a creamy yellow shell and its body ...
A: This is a Cotalpa consobrina, a beetle related to the Goldsmith Beetle. It is a part of the Scarab ...
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| misterious black night bug | 6/10/2008 |
Q: i would like to know what type of bug this is and what it does please. This bug is about the size of ...
A: Based on your description, I think this might be a type of carrion beetle. They dig under dead ...
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| Do tiny insects enter human brain? | 6/8/2008 |
Q: I ve heard from my grandparents that a type of insect enters human brain n in due course of time ...
A: It's interesting because I have heard of this story a few weeks ago from my own family. If I'm ...
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| unidentified insect | 6/3/2008 |
Q: we found an insect that has yellowish grey fur and 6 legs. It kind of reminds us of a bee with no ...
A: I have answered a similar question before where someone had found a small furry insect with mustard ...
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| need help identifying this bug | 6/3/2008 |
Q: I was at school outside in the patio when my friend saw this wierd looking thing on her bookbag she ...
A: I don't know much about other insects, but I do know that some caterpillars "bungee jump" to safety. ...
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| bugs | 5/27/2008 |
Q: Maybe you can help me. I have these little black bugs with white dots in my basement. They seem to ...
A: Oh, you don't have to apologize. Well, from your information, they could also be Carpet Beetles- ...
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| Cockroach Ootheca in Ear canal? | 5/27/2008 |
Q: I awoke a few days ago to find a cockroach sitting on my right ear. Of course I jumped up and ...
A: Well, that is very odd. I've never heard of a case where a cockroach laid an ootheca in one's ear... ...
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| bugs | 5/26/2008 |
Q: Maybe you can help me. I have these little black bugs with white dots in my basement. They seem to ...
A: "Little black bugs with white dots" could be anything. Off the top of my head, I can't exactly guess ...
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| mantis | 5/23/2008 |
Q: P
A: It all depends on when they will start to shed. It may take a week or more, but since they're so ...
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| babby mantids | 5/22/2008 |
Q: ANSWER: Dear David- It is pretty hard to tell exactly what a baby mantid is just from a ...
A: Yes, I still think it might be a Chinese Mantis. Here are a few photos of Chinese Praying Mantids: ...
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| babby mantids | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Thanks David
A: It is pretty hard to tell exactly what a baby mantid is just from a description. Nymphs (the name ...
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| catipilers | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Are black catapillars with two white strips going down their backs with little circles on the side ...
A: There are hundreds of different types of caterpillars in the world, many of which are poisonous. ...
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| tiny white bugs | 5/18/2008 |
Q: what should I do
A: Kim- From your description, I think that they might be termites. Here is a picture of them up ...
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