Wheel bug (aka Assasin bug): at last!
Yesterday morning, as soon as I opened my back door, I saw this wheel bug on my banister. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I really couldn't believe it. I'd been searching for one of these things for months. No lie.
In April I'd posted a photo of the microscopic wheel bug eggs my son had found on a tree branch. We had no idea what they were, so we had to do the research. Then, in June and in August I'd posted photos of wheel bugs just as they'd "hatched." But I never saw one fully grown, until yesterday.
By the way, these guys are good garden insects: they kill other insects that nibble at garden plants. I'd just never heard of them before, and I really wanted to see one for myself. I wasn't the only one: we were all on the lookout for this bizarre looking bug.
Wheel bug (aka Assasin bug): at last!
Yesterday morning, as soon as I opened my back door, I saw this wheel bug on my banister. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I really couldn't believe it. I'd been searching for one of these things for months. No lie.
In April I'd posted a photo of the microscopic wheel bug eggs my son had found on a tree branch. We had no idea what they were, so we had to do the research. Then, in June and in August I'd posted photos of wheel bugs just as they'd "hatched." But I never saw one fully grown, until yesterday.
By the way, these guys are good garden insects: they kill other insects that nibble at garden plants. I'd just never heard of them before, and I really wanted to see one for myself. I wasn't the only one: we were all on the lookout for this bizarre looking bug.