What kind of bugs are these?
Recently found three different clusters of small spider-like orange to
red critters on young pecan trees. They appear to have hatched recently, late April to early May. This is the best photo I could manage before they scattered. Does anyone have an idea of what they might be? Good or bad bugs? They certainly are quite unusual, have not seen these before. Photo is he http://www.farmphoto.com/photography...asp?mid=169244 |
They look like wheel bugs (a.k.a., assassin bugs) quite possibly
this one or a closely related species: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~sjtaylor/r...ilusNymph2.jpg They're good bugs. On pecan, they may be attacking fall webworms, walnut caterpillars (which also eat pecan leaves) and some others caterpillars.. Auburn Univ. has pictures of one feeding on a webworm http://www.ag.auburn.edu/dept/entplp...rm/photo13.htm ncstockguy wrote: Recently found three different clusters of small spider-like orange to red critters on young pecan trees. They appear to have hatched recently, late April to early May. This is the best photo I could manage before they scattered. Does anyone have an idea of what they might be? Good or bad bugs? They certainly are quite unusual, have not seen these before. Photo is he http://www.farmphoto.com/photography...asp?mid=169244 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Waldvogel, PhD Extension Specialist, Structural & Industrial Pests North Carolina State University Dept. of Entomology, Campus Box 7613, 4318 Gardner Hall Raleigh, NC USA 27695-7613 Ph: 919.515.8881 Fax: 919.515.7746 Cell: 919.801.4108 Email: http://entomology.ncsu.edu/waldvogel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Go get 'em! I love the name assassin bug!
Hiya Michael. Haven't seen you on the ng for awhile. |
That's it Michael! They are indeed assassin bugs. Had never seen them
in the tiny just hatched stage before. Thanks for the info. Glad to know they are good bugs.. |
Well, some species assassinate honeybees too, but I think in general
they're on our side. Cheers Sue On 6 May 2005 06:16:44 -0700, "ncstockguy" wrote: That's it Michael! They are indeed assassin bugs. Had never seen them in the tiny just hatched stage before. Thanks for the info. Glad to know they are good bugs.. |
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