Looking for a bug

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  1. clusteringflux

    clusteringflux Version 1. OH! Valued Senior Member

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    Deerfly. Nasty little biters, they are.

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    clusteringflux, Jul 25, 2008
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  3. Enmos

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    I think it must have been a cicada then:

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    Does the bodyshape look ok ?
     
    Enmos, Jul 25, 2008
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  5. draqon

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    this? (Muscina stabulans)

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    draqon, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. draqon

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    no way...he would know how a cicada looks like...and cicada in Hudson are usually green in color
     
    draqon, Jul 25, 2008
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  8. Enmos

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  9. Enmos

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    Yea and he doesn't know what a housefly looks like :bugeye:
     
    Enmos, Jul 25, 2008
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  10. draqon

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    this? (black soldier fly)

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    draqon, Jul 25, 2008
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  11. draqon

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    dude I live like next-door to him...cicadas there are green
     
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  12. one_raven

    one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    When it landed, its wings were triangular like this moth:

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    but I am pretty certain it only had one pair of wings.
    And, like I said it's wings were shiny - not soft.

    Its body, however, was shaped more like a fly than a moth.




    Holy shit! Look at this beast I came across while looking at moths for the wing shape:

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    one_raven, Jul 25, 2008
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  13. Enmos

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  14. draqon

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    I am telling you it was most likely a moth...of some sort and raven please re-upload that 2nd image since it is not showing up
     
    draqon, Jul 25, 2008
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  15. Enmos

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    It wasn't a Mayfly was it ?

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    Enmos, Jul 25, 2008
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  16. draqon

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    what a fugly thing...
     
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  17. one_raven

    one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    It definitely wasn't a cicada, but its wings were similar in texture - though not shape.

    If this wings covered it's whole back like the moth above (or like a B2 bomber), that would be the closest so far.
     
    one_raven, Jul 25, 2008
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  18. Enmos

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    Or a Stone Fly:

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    Enmos, Jul 25, 2008
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  19. iceaura

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    Have you looked at pictures of "clearwing" moths - varieties of sphinx moth that fly during the day ?

    Did the wings hide the body ?

    What colors were prominent in the wings and body ? Iridescence ?

    Were the eyes large ? Colored ? Was the head visibly separate from the thorax ? Was there an indentation separating the abdomen from the thorax (a "waist") ?
     
    iceaura, Jul 25, 2008
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  20. one_raven

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    No but I got one of those the other day. The son of a bitch was at least 4 inches long and stuck in a spider web above my door. It looked like something out of dinosaur times. I watched the spider fight it for some time. I got some pictures of it.
     
    one_raven, Jul 25, 2008
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  21. Enmos

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  22. draqon

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    it seems one_raven your one wing insect is not a fly
     
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