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Entomology (Study of Bugs)/Questions Answered by Expert Midori
| Subject | Date Asked |
| ant lions/doodlebugs | 7/9/2011 |
| Q: As a child, we also saw many doodlebugs, and had kind of forgotten about them. I live on 3 acres ... A: I would say no, not directly. They live based on where they were laid as eggs, and in soil suitable ... | |
| antlion venom | 9/11/2010 |
| Q: i was looking up videos of anlions on youtube one day and one of the videos claimed that the venom ... A: Not at all. They do have venom to kill insects that fall into their trap, but they usually don't ... | |
| antlion? | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: I live in Jacksonville NC. I thought what we had found was an antlion, but I have never seen one ... A: It sounds like an antlion right up until the crab claws thing. Antlions have large claw like ... | |
| Ant lions / trapdoor "spiders" | 3/23/2009 |
| Q: I live in eastern Wisconsin. We have extensive sand dunes on the shores of Lake Michigan. As a ... A: I don't really know anything about arachnids, but I do know about ant lions. They can be pretty ... | |
| Id type Ant | 8/23/2008 |
| Q: I live in south Alabama, we have an insect that looks like a large ant color red. The sting is very ... A: Cowkiller is a nickname for a Velvet Ant, which actually isn't an ant at all, but a type of wasp. ... | |
| bug | 8/20/2008 |
| Q: I have pictures of a bug no one has ever seen. I would like to send them to get an answer A: It looks just like a hummingbird moth, either a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, or a Snowberry Clearwing ... | |
| Hi | 2/11/2008 |
| Q: I was doing a word puzzle and the answer was doodlebug. I wanted to know what is a doodlebug and ... A: Doodle bug is an informal name for in insect known as the antlion. They build cone shaped sand traps ... | |
| Unknown Caterpillar | 9/28/2006 |
| Q: I hope you can help my nephew and I. Since you know about moths I assume you know about caterpillars ... A: As great as a description you gave, IDing caterpillars is very hard without a picture, and even then ... | |
| Regarding Puss Moth Caterpillars. | 9/13/2006 |
| Q: A friend of mine is freaked out over this ASP. She is even more freaked out by the final stage of ... A: Asp moths and their larva can cause a very irritating sting, with swelling, numbness, and severe ... | |
| household bug identification | 8/8/2006 |
| Q: Ive noticed what appear to be lavae castings clinging to my drywall in the garage. The are off ... A: My guess is any number of flies or moths, more likely a small moth, and is nothing to worry about. I ... | |
| woollybear caterpiller | 11/14/2004 |
| Q: We found a caterpiller at work inside our building on a floor.I looked online and I have found out ... A: wollybear caterpillars are great to keep for fun. Just try giving it some leaves from the plants ... | |
| Misquitos | 10/14/2004 |
| Q: As you know, Florida is very wet right now!!! The misquitos are out like never before. I'm in ... A: oh wow, im sorry to hear all this. All I can say to do is go with a bug zapper, citronella candles, ... | |
| House Centipede | 8/17/2004 |
| Q: i found the (pic at the bottom of the page http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/housece.html) bug in ... A: I don't believe house centipieds bite, they rarely come out of where there hiding (probably your ... | |
| deformed butterfly | 6/9/2004 |
| Q: I got one of those kits and the painted lady butterflies all emerged except one. He got stuck in the ... A: What happened was when your new butterfly emerged, it must have gotten stuck on something, or not ... | |
Entomology (Study of Bugs)
Answers by Expert:
Midori
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Expertise
On indefinite vacation because the users who send me questions never read this blurb anyway. They just send me any question even if it says I can't answer it. Use Google and figure out the answer yourself because frankly, I'm tired of it.
Experience
Raising ant lions to adulthood.
Education/Credentials
None at all
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