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What kind of bugs are these?
Question : What kind of bugs are these?
First the normal bug:
it’s not even one inch long, brownish/black beetle, very skinny and it looks like it’s got two horns/thick antennas on the end of it. we see them all the time, and I want to try and get rid of them in the house, if at all possible. -_-*
Second bug:
Okay, first off, I live in Texas, just south of Dallas/Ft. Worth, so I’m ASSUMING that this bug is a native one, but I could be wrong, cause we also run a storage unit facility with people coming in u-hauls from all over the country. I’ve only seen the bug once, so I’m thinking that it could’ve easily came with one of movers, but anyway…here’s the description:
somewhere between 1 and 2 inches, yellow and black…I don’t remember if it was a camouflage pattern or spotted…REALLY long antennae. the antennae had to be almost 3 or 4 inches (maybe longer).
don’t know if it can fly, cause as soon as I saw it, I pretty much bolted for the hills. It also looked very beetle-ish.
any help is appreciated~
Thank you Paul for the earwig info~ now just waiting for an answer on the really big bug ;_;
movers dallas texas
Best answer:
Answer by PaulCyp
First bug – are called earwigs. Harmless, but pests.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pesttech.info/earwig1.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.pesttech.info/Pest%2520Identification.htm&usg=__bJcD1vpqYx-yq4JPyKphznZa8HM=&h=345&w=500&sz=129&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=mQty_fc6b21yoM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=176&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dearwig%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1596%26bih%3D938%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=320&vpy=121&dur=734&hovh=186&hovw=270&tx=188&ty=111&ei=fvNyTKjoJoP6swPImJ2IDQ&oei=fvNyTKjoJoP6swPImJ2IDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
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Yep defintely described an Earwig as the first bug.
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?shapeID=1012&curGroupID=4&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwig
For the second bug I can help you identify it by using a site known as Enature, great for identifying North American plants, animals and bugs.
So here is the site: http://www.enature.com/home/
You then click on “Insects”
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=4 – From here you pick what the insect was closest to, which as you said was more of a beetle.
Once you have clicked beetles you will see this page: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=4&shapeID=1010
Yes you sometimes get quite alot of results and to narrow it down more, see the Filters at the top of the page? click all regions and choose the area in which you live/where the creature was found.
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?curGroupID=4&source=&parkid=&fromWhere=&searchText=&allSpecies=&shapeID=1010&lshapeID=0&curAbbr=&lgFromWhere=&curPageNum=1&lastView=default&lastGroup=4&lastRegion=&lastFilter=4&lastShapeName=&trackType=&curRegionID=2212&size=&habitat=&fruit=&color=&sortBy=family&viewType=default&curFamilyID=®ionSelect=Texas®ionZIP=
Hmm do you see the insect here? If not then perhaps it was from a different region.
You can try a different type again and filter out your region or just browse through each section: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=4
I hope you find what you are looking for, I will try my best to see if I can identify the bug. If I do find out I will come back to this question and edit.
Best of luck!
EDIT: Could be a Long-Jawed Longhorn Beetle: http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?shapeID=1010&curGroupID=4&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=31
Banded Alder Borer? http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?shapeID=1010&curGroupID=4&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=35