Hey, My father's friend found this bug at his house, and my father has had me searching for days trying to identify it. Any help? If possible, put a link from your recource or a pic so I can compare them. (I tried whats that bug and all those sites. I would like a name, not a site where I have to answer tons of questions, Please)
Here are the pics:
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8475/bug1hz9.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/4595/bug2cv6.jpg
Apparently they have been feeding it coke(to my dislike) for over a week, but it's still alive.
2007-07-24 09:45:21 · 5 answers · asked by disneyfreak4743 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I forgot, the bug is around an inch long.
2007-07-24 09:59:10 · update #1
And East Coast of the US, not West.
2007-07-24 10:00:24 · update #2
Looks like some type of assassin bug. Link coming up:
http://www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us/4TH/KKHP/1INSECTS/assassin.html
There are MANY species of these, so narrowing it down may be tough. There is another type of bug it may be as well, will check that now.
Actually, I checked that photo again -- with that pointed "sucker" mouth, that HAS to be an assassin!
2007-07-24 09:48:53 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
A couple of the above answerers are correct - it is indeed an assassin, or reduviid, bug. Watch out - they can give you a nasty bite, since their saliva is toxic. It looks like you may have a nymph (or young assassin bug) on your hands. The nymphs generally don't have wings.
I somehow doubt that you're down in Mexico/Central/South America, but the ones down there can pass along a rather nasty disease known as Chagas disease. So if you're anywhere near there, I wouldn't mess with that bug too much. I've known a few people who have gotten bit by reduviids before, and I've had to help them treat the bite - it's not pretty, even for the ones up here in the northern parts of the states.
Edit - I'm in the upper northeast area, and there are reduviids where I am. It certainly does seem as if that's what you have. I'm not quite sure why they are trying to feed it coke. If they want to watch it do interesting things, they should put other bugs in with it - then you'll see where it gets its name from. Or, just take it outside and release it somewhere away from the house.
2007-07-24 17:05:09 · answer #2 · answered by gram_stainer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Looks like a young Reduviid (Assassin bug)?
It's hard to find a decent picture of an immature, but you can imagine that this one looks like yours except this one has wings.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/11270/bgpage
2007-07-24 16:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by Strix 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are in the western US, it might be an immature "western conifer seed bug".
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/true_bugs_2.html
Done.
2007-07-24 16:51:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a Humbug.
2007-07-24 16:48:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋