Category Archives: Bugs

Two-spot Assassin Bug

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Raymie

These are two-spot assassin bugs, also called white-eyed assassin bugs.  They are named for their white spots on their backs.  I like the name two-spot better, because they don’t really have white eyes.  They come from Africa. In this picture, … Continue reading →

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Sticky Spider Feet

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Raymie

My friend Natalie asked me a question on Facebook: How can a spider walk upsidedown on the ceiling? That’s a great question.  Different animals have different ways of sticking to walls and ceilings.  Frogs, like the Chinese gliding frog, have … Continue reading →

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Boxelder Bug

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Raymie

These are boxelder bugs.  They live in eastern North America, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Plains. They eat sap from the leaves, flowers, and seeds of boxelder, maple, and oak trees.  They have a really cool black and … Continue reading →

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Crickety

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Raymie

This cricket was my pet Crickety.  He was one in a bag of crickets that my friend Cheryl gave me on my birthday this past summer.  I put him in the bug playground that my uncle Jim gave me for … Continue reading →

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Giant Water Bug

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Raymie

My friend Dan was at work, and they found this bug inside their office.  The ladies were scared and thought it was a cockroach.  It really is a giant water bug. Giant water bugs are very large true bugs.  They … Continue reading →

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Aphids

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Raymie

While we were raking leaves under our paper birch tree, we saw that we had little bugs on us.  We looked up at the leaves on the tree, and we saw these aphids all over the leaves.  I think there … Continue reading →

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Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Raymie

This is a multicolored Asian lady beetle.  We found it yesterday crawling on our kitchen counter.  Usually these have lots of spots, but this one only has 2 little spots.  You can see one of the spots in this picture.  … Continue reading →

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Banded Woollybear

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Raymie

This is a banded woollybear moth caterpillar.  My great uncle Jim caught it for me.  He got it on the side of his apartment building.  There were lots of them climbing up the side of his building after they sprayed … Continue reading →

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Orbweaver

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Raymie

I saw this spider today while we were looking for a geocache.  We think it is some kind of orbweaver, but we don’t know what species it is.  It was cool.  I like the web.

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