Look what I found last night on my back porch.

[jejton]

Any idea what they are? I didnt have a ruler handy so I used my pointing finger as a size reference. The black one acted like it was on speed and had some nasty looking mandibles.

 

[dmr2000]

I would have just squshed them suckers dead

 

[jejton]

Nah I like to live and let live unless they are a proven problem. Never grew out of my fascination with bugs.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

i once considered entomology as a career but i lost interest once seeing dirty jobs... i would put them in a container with a little bit of fruit and something for shelter... i like the black one a lot.. lucky you!

 

[jejton]

I kept them overnight to take the photos but let them go afterwards. They attack my windows often enough.

 

[Mr. Softy]

Any idea what they are? I didnt have a ruler handy so I used my pointing finger as a size reference. The black one acted like it was on speed and had some nasty looking mandibles.

Those things are pretty common around here. But you should see some of the wacky s**t near the Brookhaven Lab. And i'm not joking. Bees that look like small humming birds.

 

[sporty]

I would call the Dep or sanitation dept and let them know I think they want to know when these are found -if its the asian long horn beatle-they have a program to exterminate them.I think 311 will give you more info.They seem very seriuos about ridding the trees of these.

 

[Killerdrgn]

the asian longhorn beetles have white spots and their antennae go to their back legs. Their horns are seriously long, hence the name.

 

[ssmtcarlo]

These are the evil ones

 

[jejton]

i once considered entomology as a career but i lost interest once seeing dirty jobs... i would put them in a container with a little bit of fruit and something for shelter... i like the black one a lot.. lucky you!

I was never much of a squeamish person but whatever little there was went out the window after a semester of Gross Anatomy. Tonite while I was taking out the garbage I saw what I at first looked like white rice all over the inside of the lid. When they started to move I realized they were maggots. First thing I did was run to get a deli container to start collecting them...yummmmmy....for my chameleon and poison dart frogs especially.

 

[probe dms]

I was never much of a squeamish person but whatever little there was went out the window after a semester of Gross Anatomy. Tonite while I was taking out the garbage I saw what I at first looked like white rice all over the inside of the lid. When they started to move I realized they were maggots. First thing I did was run to get a deli container to start collecting them...yummmmmy....for my chameleon and poison dart frogs especially.

uh im no girly man but nah i dont like bugs of any kind.

 

[pmui]

reminds me of Starship troopers.

Any idea what they are? I didnt have a ruler handy so I used my pointing finger as a size reference. The black one acted like it was on speed and had some nasty looking mandibles.

 

[jejton]

So the orange one is a Grapevine beetle, member of the scarab beetle family. The adults are relatively harmless but the grubs are garden pests.

 

[noelskii]

it's a bug, now stop buggin them

 

[Killerdrgn]

reminds me of Starship troopers.

hmmm don't remember any bugs that looked like the ones in the pictures. If there was a picture of a flame throwing pill bug then i'd agree with you.

 

[e.muehlbauer]

The other one is one of the native tree beetles....some are called "sawyers"...very common out on LI....

 

[jejton]

thanks. you posted on an old thread of mine ( when I mentioned im moving out here last year ) some local fishing spots. cant find the post, can you shoot some advice my way? so far I've only managed to hit the party boats a couple of times but would prefer to do some pier or surf fishing locally.