The Bug Girl: Archive

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Lilith

“Thought you’d enjoy my little “Lilith” a female black widow i found under a log off the eastern shore, Virginia. “- thestuntkid Lilith is a beauty! I tried to figure out which species she is.. The Southern and Northern Black Widows occur in Virginia but I cannot figure out how to tell them apart. I looked on bugguide and all three of the American Widow species...

Nov 28th

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Nov 26th

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Scavenging Spiders!

“In regards to the last image of the spider eating dog food! You might be interested to know that my entomology professor is currently doing research on scavenging in spiders. Right now, she’s got several dozen spiders that have lived through several molts on nothing but dead crickets. Turns out that if times are hard for the spider, they will resort to scavenging!* *Not to say that...

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Help in identifying

“Do you know what kind of beetle this is? I took the photo in the Philippines, I’m pretty sure its a common one but I never had luck in finding out what type it is.. http://thatsakillshot.tumblr.com/post/12731197067/pulag-bug”- thatsakillshot Hi! I’m pretty sure this is a Weevil and Weevils are the largest of the beetle family…and there are more species of beetle...

Nov 24th

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Nov 23rd

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Need I say more???

“SpiderPants is a home-grown online shop and blog dedicated to the creation of species-specific tarantula plushies. Scary for some, cool for others, cuddly for all.” Had to share with all my arachnid-loving friends, with the holidays coming up and all….

Nov 23rd

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Nov 23rd

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I decided to keep the red-back in our window, so...

Thank you, endsintheocean for sharing your GORGEOUS Red Back! I am so glad you decided to keep her carefully there and enjoy her!! I believe she is Latrodectus hasselti, a close cousin of the American Black Widow… but I’m puzzled by her light brown and marbled markings… she may be very young and turn glossy black after a few molts, or I may have the species wrong. I love the...

Nov 23rd

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Nov 21st

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fyeahmothernature-deactivated20 asked: I am seriously learning so much from your blog! A herpetologist and an entomologist walk into a bar.... ;) I guess you wouldn't like what my pet lizard eats :) lol! anyways, Thank you for being you!

Nov 20th

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Anonymous asked: Hello! Living in Australia, I have been told endlessly how dangerous red back spiders are. We have one living between the screen and window in our laundry, and it's grown quite large over the last month or so. My mother has tried to spray it, but it's survived and I think it's quite beautiful. Is it something we should be concerned about, and try to maybe move elsewhere, or will it...

Nov 20th

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zoologygirl65 asked: Love love love the blog, so good to see someone giving the invertebrates some love. I was wondering and this question has plagued me all three years of my zoology degree lol, what is the difference between a cricket and a grasshopper?

Nov 19th

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