What the hell is it? I live in Oregon and last night a huge large brown beetle which made a musical like scream, (creepy) flew through my room bouncing off the walls into her room. LOL and at first I didn't see it until my daughter hunted it down cause it was in her room.lOL And when I saw this thing it was screaming because my wienner dog was trying or atleast thinking about tackling it, but after I saw thing I chased her away from it, I caught it and threw it out. But very curious to know what it was for I have never seen or heard noises like that before.
2007-08-09 12:19:59 · 10 answers · asked by sunnydays 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Sounds like a bark beetle or a cicada or scarab
2007-08-09 12:23:23 · answer #1 · answered by xanadu625 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably a cicada (based on your description). I'm in Minnesota, and from the sound outside my window this afternoon they came out today sometime.
They won't hurt you, and they only live a few days. They live underground, come out to reproduce, and die. The babies live underground for 17 years before they come out, so I hate to kill them -- I mean, all that time and then we squash them... that's just sad! Plus, I kind of like the sound. And the cats seem to keep them out of the house all right.
2007-08-09 12:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They feed on tree and make noises at night and come out from the trees and fly around. When they are the day light they die cause the light kills them. so they sleep in the day light times.And yes they are scary looking.
2007-08-09 12:27:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Might be a June bug. Florida has something even bigger -- palmetto beetles.
2007-08-09 12:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eeeeeee...gives me the chills, any buy that flies eeeeeeeee...like a flying cockroach, or a flying beetle with their gross abdomen eeee.
2007-08-09 12:23:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could've been a hornet or an overwight fly. xD
2007-08-09 12:22:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.bugguide.net
There you can upload a pic and have entomologists id it.
It also has a forum where you can ask the pros aobut it.
2007-08-09 15:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by wild_outside_84 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Locust or cicada maybe.
2007-08-09 12:22:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to whatsthatbug.com
2007-08-09 12:21:30 · answer #9 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where i come from we burn those things...
2007-08-09 12:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by kaelen i 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋