https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:26:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921706 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:20:49 +0000 mrskc 921706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ewwww I regret clicking on this thread.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921647 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:05:34 +0000 boiledpnut 921647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I wish I knew! I'm kind of scared to go outside now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921639 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:04:03 +0000 LindsayInNY 921639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: Where did he go?! Thankfully he's gone. But now we'll never know... LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921437 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:07:40 +0000 boiledpnut 921437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: Haha! You can come any time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921433 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:06:24 +0000 boiledpnut 921433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The beast is gone this morning! I kind of wanted to see him fly off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921429 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:05:43 +0000 LindsayInNY 921429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That thing is huge!</p> <p>ETA: TWSS? :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921428 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:05:26 +0000 Mrs. Twine 921428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Way cool! Am I the only person who wants to come over and hold it? ;) I love bugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921412 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:02:10 +0000 delight 921412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: nice detective work! Totally looks like that bug! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921168 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:34:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 921168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So creepy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921120 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:18:17 +0000 boiledpnut 921120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@78h2o: You just might be right! If that's what it is, it only lives a few days thank goodness! So creepy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921079 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:36:28 +0000 78h2o 921079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could it be this? A Dobsonfly?</p> <p>(I know nothing about bugs - this is what I got from a Google search!)</p> <p>[attach=2480/13/mpr8st.477x358.dobson-fly-in-hand.jpg]</p> <p>Looks like right time and place: <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/4873/data" rel="nofollow">http://bugguide.net/node/view/4873/data</a><br /> That link has an image tab with more photos.</p> <p>[attach=2480/13/mpr949.600x463.dobsonfly_diagram.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921070 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:22:41 +0000 Boheme 921070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's scary, that's what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921053 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:06:32 +0000 mlm2934 921053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: yea def not a cicada </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921042 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:48:10 +0000 delight 921042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmmmm now I'm intrigued! And kinda grossed out.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921007 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:17:31 +0000 boiledpnut 921007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mewtill: I'm in Maryland right near the Delaware border on I-95. Does that help any? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-921003 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:12:57 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 921003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: okay, he says he can tell you what it's *not*. Not a cicada, or a winged ant, or a termite. He said its hard to tell without seeing it in person or knowing the area you live in. I'm bummed - I thought he'd know! (And now he's like, "hmmm, what IS that?!") </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920586 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:24:33 +0000 boiledpnut 920586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mewtill: We'll be patiently waiting! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920576 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:21:41 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 920576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: he's stuck at work, so it may be a few more hours :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920572 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:20:10 +0000 LindsayInNY 920572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanna know what @mewtill's DH says now, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920544 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:02:19 +0000 boiledpnut 920544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IDK. I'm not convinced it's a cicada. His head is really different. </p> [attach=2363/13/mpqtbx.450x600.20130710_190108.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920484 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:34:21 +0000 LindsayInNY 920484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: Yup. Here are some other photos (I had to stop googling, LOL!). </p> [attach=2229/13/mpqs1a.320x282.5-27-CicadaClusterLrg.jpg] [attach=2229/13/mpqs1c.600x450.4-11-13-cicada-image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920469 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:22:37 +0000 boiledpnut 920469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are cicadas that long and skinny? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920244 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:57:12 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 920244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is a bug guy. I'll have to ask him when he gets home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920201 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:45:02 +0000 deerylou 920201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I call it terrifying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920194 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:42:07 +0000 cmomma17 920194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@boiledpnut: the wings make me think cicada. and also, ewwwwwwwwww :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920143 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:17:52 +0000 LindsayInNY 920143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Looks like a cicada to me... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-920121 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:13:08 +0000 boiledpnut 920121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: Haha! Mothra lives! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-919892 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:07:22 +0000 mrsjazz 919892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this. Darn my curiousity.</p> <p>It's Mothra!!!!<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-identify-this-bug#post-919886 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:06:21 +0000 boiledpnut 919886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's huge - like 2 inches long </p> [attach=2363/13/mpqiem.450x600.20130710_114330.jpg]