this beetle has been seen in lexington va
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a bit more description would be helpful. \nbut I suspect that it may have been a bug not a beetle. \n\nDo the images on this website look similar to your bug?\nhttp://eny3005.ifas.ufl.edu/lab1/Hemiptera/Pentatomid.htm\nyou can also type in stink bug in google image\n\nif not, go to the library and check out an insect guide and look through the pics
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i think its a caterplillar...
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Fish and aquatic insects
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The "love bug" (also known as the honeymoon fly, telephone bug, double-headed bug, united bug, and March fly) is a  nuisance any Florida motorist is unhappily more than passingly familiar with. Though these bugs neither bite nor sting, at certain times of the year their sheer numbers transform these innocuous insects into airborne hordes seemingly determined to devil anyone fool enough to take to the road. The adults splatter on windshields, lights, grills, and radiators of motor vehicles, and their dried remains are hard to remove. Suicidal pairs of love bugs have been known to cause overheating of motors when large numbers of them are drawn into the cooling systems of liquid-cooled engines. Unlike other bugs, something particular to them adversely affects the paint jobs on cars, pitting and etching the paint if their mortal remains are left on a vehicle for more than 48 hours. \n\nEvery May and September these sex-crazed critters become an annoyance bordering on intolerable as the air teems with mating pairs. But the "love bugs" haven't always been part of the Floridian landscape, thus we've seen an abundance of "mad scientist" stories about how the state came to be infested with them. (Love bugs are not solely a Floridian plague; they range throughout the Gulf states and into Mexico and Central America, as well as up into Georgia and South Carolina. But they seem particularly enamored of Florida.) \n\nTruth is, Mother Nature is far more to be feared than any mad scientist and is far more capricious. In this case, she inspired some of her children to migrate to a new area, and in doing so prompted the creation of a number of rumors which attempt to explain why these critters came to take up residence in places where they weren't found before. \n\nLove bugs are not the result of a genetic cloning experiment gone wrong, nor were they unwittingly loosed from a research facility charged with studying exotic insects. They also weren't bio-engineered as a natural solution to the mosquito problem. (Love bugs do not eat mosquitos: the adults do not eat at all, and larvae feed on decaying plant material.) These overly amorous critters are native to Central America; the best guess as to how they came to these United States places them as undiscovered stowaways who arrived by ship in Galveston or New Orleans around 1920. They migrated into Florida in 1947 from Louisiana, looked around, liked what they saw, and decided to stay. Their natural capacity for reproduction took care of the rest.
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This insect is actually commonly known as a WHEEL BUG. Thye are members of the assassin bug group, and are predators of other insects. (Order Hemiptera Suborder Heteroptera)\nThey are good to have around the house as long as they are in hidden away corners, here they will fedd on many potentially more detrimental species of insects. They are not dangerous to humans, but can give a nasty bite if mistreated. If it really freaks you out, just scoop it up in a jar and either throw it outside or down in the basement, there it can do no harm and you dont have to look at it.\nI have only ever seen one in the wild, strange considering I study insects for a living....hahaha Murphy's law right?\nI have to disagree with the previous answer I seriously doubt that they are sanguinivorous ectoparasites on humans, the family to whihc they belong contains the several species of true "kissing bugs" but I am pretty sure this one is a strict predator\n\nGood find!
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It could be a Luna Moth caterpillar. Here is website that describes and shows a picture of one:\n\nhttp://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek020801.html\n\nHere is a site with a picture of a tomato worm:\n\nhttp://www.kalilily.net/weblog/04/07/27/203436.html
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http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Odocoileus_virginianus/\n\ntry here, make sure you have Quicktime
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Fireflies (family Lampyridae), also known as lightning bugs, are nocturnal, luminous beetles. These names come from the fact that some species as adults emit flashes of light to attract mates, using special light-emitting organs in the abdomen. The enzyme luciferase acts on the substrate luciferin to stimulate light emission. This reaction is of scientific interest, and genes coding for these substances have been spliced into many different organisms.\n\nMany species, especially in the genus Photinus, are distinguished by the unique courtship flash patterns emitted by flying males as they search for females. Photinus females generally do not fly, but give a flash response to males of their own species. Female photuris fireflies are known for mimicking the mating flashes of other fireflies for the sole purpose of predation[1].\n\n \nScanning electron micrograph of a fireflyMany species of lampyrid beetles do not glow as adults, but they all glow as larvae. The larvae of fireflies are generally known as glowworms (but see Phengodidae). Bioluminescence serves a different function in lampyrid larvae than it does in adults. Larval bioluminescence appears to be a warning signal to predators, since many firefly larvae contain chemicals that are distasteful or toxic.\n\nThere are more than 2000 species of firefly, found in temperate and tropical environments around the world.\n\nThe ancient Chinese sometimes captured fireflies in transparent or semi-transparent containers and used them as (short-term) lanterns.\n\nTropical fireflies, particularly in Southeast Asia (Thailand and Malaysia) routinely synchronize their flashes among large groups, a startling example of spontaneous biological order which has puzzled both behavioral scientists and mathematicians. This phenomenon occurs through the night along river banks in the Malaysian jungles every day of the year. The phenomena is significantly more rare in the Western hemisphere. Current hypotheses about the causes range from diet, social interaction and altitude. In the United States, one of the most famous sightings of fireflies blinking in unison occur near Elkmont, Tennessee in the Great Smoky Mountains during the second week of June[2]. Congaree National Park in South Carolina is host to the phenomena at points at or above 2,000 feet in elevation[3][4].\n\nFireflies overwinter (sometimes for several years, depending on the species) during the larval stage by burrowing underground and emerge in the spring. After several weeks of feeding, they pupate for 2-2.5 weeks and emerge as adults.\n\nA few days after mating, a fertilized female will lay her eggs on or just below the surface of the ground. The eggs will hatch in 3-4 weeks and the larva will feed until the end of the summer when they will burrow underground to overwinter
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The "angel bug" name is probably a local thing. They could be whiteflies or woolly aphids.\nCheck out some pics:\nhttp://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Sternorrhyncha.html
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Yeah. There's a white lexus in Texarkana that has a nice high heel print in the back quarter from parking that close to my pink cavalier!
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Very hard to say without more of a description, but the first thing that camr to mind is a tortoise beetle. Some look clear and I've found some that look like they are made of pure shiny gold.\nA picture at the link below.
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butterfly. i dont know why but i would scream if i see one
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They are not that rare. You are just not looking in the right places. I work in an office building in north Raleigh, NC and I see them every season. We had one on the outside of the building that to be 4 to 5 inches long this last summer. I don't know what to tell you, but just start looking around in different areas, like around big buildings near dark, and around schools and talk walks in public parks and such. Good luck.
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It's a bagworm.  I've seen thousands of them on my own shrubs and as far as the shrub goes, it isn't a good thing.  Bagworms will destroy the shrubs they are living on.  Luckily they infest conifers and arborvitae.  They use the needles from the particular plant they are  infesting for their cocoons and emerge as moths.  Only moths make cocoons.  And since they are found all over the world and the world has quite a variety of conifers to be inhabited by these pests, their cocoons will look very different from each other.  If you wish to see some of the different cocoons made by bagworms, please follow the link given below.
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Hmmm... looks like the common House Spider... but it also almosts looks like the Hobo Spider.... don't worry, these species are harmless but they can be quite a nuisance.
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lol.. yep.. its a Black Widows Web.. don't worry i'll go get your candy...:)
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It sounds like a jumping spider. If it is a hairy matte black then Im sure it is. They are mostly harmless prefering to leave you alone and eat houseflys. They are not generaly agressive unless provoked.