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Identify insect

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  • #52
    Eddie B
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    http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/environ/vector/bodylice.htm


  • #53
    New Home
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    Closer, but the legs aren't attached to its body the same way.


  • #54
    roper1664
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    The feature that confuses me is the legs. All six legs seem to pint backwards. Normally the front legs point forward.


  • #55
    New Home
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    Now, even considering that they might be bent... I wonder, is it in that stance because it was disturbed? I'd say we'd really need a closer, less fuzzy picture (at least in order to do a proper reverse image search). I know that's easier said than done, OP! Can I ask, was that taken in Ireland or abroad?


  • #56
    Gen.Zhukov
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    caddy16 wrote: »
    After easing off for a day or 2 the young lads got well bitten again today. Time to call in outside help I think in the morning.


    Got this little guy in their clothes this evening.

    I'll presume this lad got whacked soon after the pic was taken. If you could trap one in a glass or something - put it up on a counter (in glass on white paper) you could then do a proper photo shoot from all sorts of angles, close-ups, zoom-ins etc.

    By jaysus, we''ll get to the bottom of this yet:pac:


  • #57
    Ms2011
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    Definitely a flea, the fact that most of the bites are located around the ankles are classic flea traits.


  • #58
    New Home
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    Yeah, this one is really bugging me! :pac:


  • #59
    New Home
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    Ms2011 wrote: »
    Definitely a flea, the fact that most of the bites are located around the ankles are classic flea traits.

    Are we looking at the same insect?:confused:


  • #60
    Rancid
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    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    I'm going to go with Flea OP, when seen from above their body is quite narrow but there is a depth to it, a sort of flattened profile. If it jumps like a Flea and bites like a Flea then.......
    Possibly bird fleas?
    I cleaned out a bird nest years ago and noticed bites for a few days afterwards and found several very small fleas.


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  • #61
    Ms2011
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    New Home wrote: »
    Are we looking at the same insect?:confused:

    I think the angle the pic is taken makes it look a bit off but I definitely think flea.


  • #62
    New Home
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    The legs on this one are all the same length, the head has a "neck"...


  • #63
    bilbot79
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    Something has been biting me on the ankles this last few mornings in the garden. Comes up just like a mosquito bite


  • #64
    Ms2011
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    New Home wrote: »
    The legs on this one are all the same length, the head has a "neck"...

    I think a side on view would be alot clear, the aerial view isn't great.


  • #65
    Ms2011
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    bilbot79 wrote: »
    Something has been biting me on the ankles this last few mornings in the garden. Comes up just like a mosquito bite

    From May to September we are plagued by harvest mites here, kids get covered in bites.
    Of course being outside it could be any number of things.


  • #66
    caddy16
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    New Home wrote: »
    Now, even considering that they might be bent... I wonder, is it in that stance because it was disturbed? I'd say we'd really need a closer, less fuzzy picture (at least in order to do a proper reverse image search). I know that's easier said than done, OP! Can I ask, was that taken in Ireland or abroad?

    Ireland, in the west. Will try again when I capture my next fella.


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  • #67
    joe swanson
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    Any ideas what this moth is . Sitting for ages on the ground .


  • #68
    New Home
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    Peacock moth (Saturnia Pavonia), I'd guess. A stunner! :)


  • #69
    Alun
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    Looks like a female Emperor Moth (Saturnia Pavonia).

    Peacock moths (Saturnia Pyri) are a good bigger, have similar but different markings, and as far as I know very rare in Ireland.


  • #70
    New Home
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    Thanks Alun. :)


  • #71
    Oakland
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    We have this same insect biting us the last week. My 3yr old is getting hit the worst....around 100 bites all over. I caught a few of them that had landed on his neck. They had wings and we're easy to pick off him. The bites didn't appear until the next day, they resemble mosquito bites. We have never had this problem before 😢 living here for 6yrs now.
    Did you find any solution to stop them @caddy16?


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  • #72
    caddy16
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    Oakland wrote: »
    We have this same insect biting us the last week. My 3yr old is getting hit the worst....around 100 bites all over. I caught a few of them that had landed on his neck. They had wings and we're easy to pick off him. The bites didn't appear until the next day, they resemble mosquito bites. We have never had this problem before �� living here for 6yrs now.
    Did you find any solution to stop them @caddy16?
    We thought we had. Literally washed everything in the house and got insect bombs online. The bites disappeared up until yesterday but we've had a couple since. Nowehere near like the number of bites we had back when it started (similar to yourself).


  • #73
    fryup
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    what be this...a hoverfly of some sort?

    fly.jpg


  • #74
    New Home
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    Some kind of hoverfly.

    https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=hoverfly


  • #75
    Tiercel Dave
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    Possibly Syrphus ribesii.....


  • #76
    nicol
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    Anyone know what this insect is. There are dozens of them on some of the plants in the garden these days.


  • #77
    New Home
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    Sorry op, but with the way Boards has been over the last couple of days, attachments are almost impossible to see.


  • #78
    fryup
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    can't see it either, try using an image hosting site


  • #79
    Thargor
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    OP (original OP with the biting insect) try to capture one in this app, Ive been playing with it all day, its actually really good, borderline unbelievable at times:

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.inaturalist.android&hl=en_IE


  • #80
    New Home
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    nicol wrote: »
    Anyone know what this insect is. There are dozens of them on some of the plants in the garden these days.


    511638.jpg511638.jpg

    Hoverfly again.

    BTW, if you only embed the bit up to and excluding the "&", then the image posts ok. e.g., https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=511638&d=1588461948 becomes https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=511638


  • #81
    fryup
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    any idea what butterfly this is....

    butterfly.jpg


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  • #82
    New Home
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    Google image says it's a speckled wood butterfly.

    http://www.irishbutterflies.com/speckled_wood_butterfly_of_ireland.html


  • #83
    Thargor
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    You know that Iseek app that was recommended a while ago, I held it up to my laptop screen and also got speckled wood butterfly.


  • #84
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this is?

    (Apologies for the dodgey picture)

    IMG20200515125608.jpg


  • #85
    New Home
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me what kind of spider this is?

    (Apologies for the dodgey picture)

    IMG20200515125608.jpg

    It's very out of focus, Seph... The only thing I can suggest is... Incy Wincy? :p


  • #86
    Sephiroth_dude
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    New Home wrote: »
    It's very out of focus, Seph... The only thing I can suggest is... Incy Wincy? :p

    It was white if that's any good to ya :o:D.


  • #87
    New Home
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    Well, the other thing I can tell you for sure is that if it's a spider it's most definitely not an insect. :D


  • #88
    Alun
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    It's difficult to make out, but if it's white it could well be a crab spider. They have very large bulbous abdomens so are pretty easy to spot, and hold out their front legs a bit like a crab does.


  • #89
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Any ideas ?

    IMG20200517123039.jpg


    IMG20200517123103.jpg


  • #90
    New Home
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    Incy Wincy's cousin, obviously. :D

    It's quite difficult to see, Seph, you'd really need to give us a close up. :)

    EDIT: Perhaps a Zebra spider? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_spider


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  • #91
    Sephiroth_dude
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    New Home wrote: »
    Incy Wincy's cousin, obviously. :D

    It's quite difficult to see, Seph, you'd really need to give us a close up. :)

    Hardy har har har homeo :-P


  • #92
    Sephiroth_dude
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    New Home wrote: »
    Incy Wincy's cousin, obviously. :D

    It's quite difficult to see, Seph, you'd really need to give us a close up. :)

    EDIT: Perhaps a Zebra spider? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_spider

    I don't think it appreciated having its picture taken, it looked at one point they shaking there mandibles or whatever spiders have at me and was on its hindlegs in the defense or attack position🕷️


  • #93
    New Home
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    You obviously don't know your spiders. It was just striking a pose, asking you to capture its best side. :cool: :D

    (Could be a type of jumping spider - not sure which one at all, though).


  • #94
    Alun
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    I don't think it appreciated having its picture taken, it looked at one point they shaking there mandibles or whatever spiders have at me and was on its hindlegs in the defense or attack position🕷️
    I think he fancied you ... :D
    Wikipedia wrote:
    Reproduction
    When these spiders meet, the male carries out a courtship dance involving waving his front legs and moving his abdomen up and down. The better the dance the more likely the female will want to mate, with success guaranteed if the male can exhibit a perfect shuffle


  • #95
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Alun wrote: »
    I think he fancied you ... :D

    No thanks, I know better than to date man eaters 🤭🤭













    *Gets coat*


  • #96
    Be right back
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    Anyone know what this is?


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  • #97
    axe2grind
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    Be right back wrote: »
    Anyone know what this is?

    day flying Moth
    6-spot Burnet


  • #98
    Be right back
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    axe2grind wrote: »
    day flying Moth
    6-spot Burnet

    Thanks, I have never seen it before.


  • #99
    SnowyMuckish
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    Saw this unusually coloured moth today.

    516252.jpeg


  • #100
    Tiercel Dave
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    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    Saw this unusually coloured moth today.

    Elephant Hawk Moth, the caterpillar is quite impressive too.....

    https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/elephant-hawk-moth


  • #101
    Thargor
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    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    Saw this unusually coloured moth today.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=516252&stc=1&d=1592054572[MG]
    Tiercel Dave wrote: »
    Elephant Hawk Moth, the caterpillar is quite impressive too.....

    https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/elephant-hawk-moth
    The OPs pic is basically identical to the one on the Butterfly Conservation link (well obviosly what with it being the same moth but I mean even the blades of grass in the background and orientation etc...)


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