It was found in our bucket of old bird seed. It has the small body of a flea but has 6 tiny thin legs and a long mouth. It looks as though it's a cross between an ant and a fly but has no wings.
2007-07-22 10:01:52 · 10 answers · asked by deborah_jean_1977 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Off the top of my head, it is one of three insects....
a weevil, in which case the the mouth would be slightly curled...
an assasin bug....the body would be quite noticeably to large for the mouth....
or, and most likely, a....forget the name...be right back while I look it up...
...ok, best I can tell, what I was thinking of was yet another example of one of the many weevils out there.
2007-07-22 10:10:32 · answer #1 · answered by Eric C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a Weevil. It was in the birdseed because the species is a:
(Seed Weevil) Seed Weevils as you know feed on seeds of all sorts. Birdseed, sunflowerseed, pumkinseed and so on.
I hope this information is useful.
2007-07-22 18:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Devyn C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a weevil of some sort. It wouldn't be a fruit fly (no wings), and I'd bet you'd know a mosquito if you saw (or felt) one.
2007-07-22 17:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by David A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don,t like them tiny>black bugs they climb in my dry dog food !!when leave it out for my > cute minie dachshund dog in park when hes playing, than got <>toss it ,bug climbs all over the food so won,t let dog eat rest of it.
I call it (nosie bug ) in eveything.
2007-07-22 17:59:51 · answer #4 · answered by jackie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's most likely a type of weevil.
It fits your description and most weevils like to eat grain.
2007-07-22 17:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by majnun99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The speckled eyed seed flant.
It's a rare insect of the refoghlaswepcon family!!!!
Oh My ....
2007-07-22 17:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by tea cup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those insects are called Weevils. They get into grains and are pest.
2007-07-22 17:17:02 · answer #7 · answered by Tarlyng 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would name this bug Oscar. It sounds like an Oscar to me and Oscar is probably not a name that your friends have so when you refer to it folks won't think you're talking about one of your friends. Yep, I'd name it Oscar.
2007-07-22 17:06:07 · answer #8 · answered by William D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fruit fly
2007-07-22 17:05:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mosquito?
2007-07-22 17:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by lilfixit_geto 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋