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| 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 ...
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| 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. ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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, ...
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| 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 ...
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| 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 ...
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