A bug that is black with a orange stripe on its back. Does anyone know whta kind this could be?
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One common bug with that colour pattern is called the box elder bug.\n\nThey feed on the leaves of maple trees (also called box elders), and can become minor nuisances when they start moving into people's houses in the late summer and fall, looking for a place to spend the winter.\n\nThey'll bunch up in big masses in crawl spaces, attics, behind the walls, or in unused rooms and closets.  \n\nSometimes, if it gets warm enough in winter, they'll wake up and go for a wander.  For some reason, they usually wait until company is over, and then they go slowly buzzing across the room before landing on your bosses' wife's hair.\n\nThe best way to take care of them is actually a vacuum cleaner.  They're perfectly harmless, and can be sucked up and disposed of with ease.\n\nHere's some pictures http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/boxeld.htm\n\nhttp://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/images/boxelderbug.jpg
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It may be a Sagebush lizard or a Western fence lizard. Would have helped if I know which state you were from.
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It sounds like it may be a red-winged or tri-color-winged blackbird. Those are fairly identifiable though, so perhaps it was a towhee or tanager of some sort? \n\nHave you looked at any birding sites or books to try and ID the bird? Try www.whatbird.com.
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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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It might be one of the oak galls - made by tiny gall wasps - perhaps the Oak Apple Gall. Check out the links.
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sounds like a warbler...but hard to tell from just this description, and not knowing where you live.  The two that pop into mind with that coloring could possibly be a Yellow-rumped Warbler, or Golden-winged Warbler. (maybe a female)\n\nhttp://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i6420id.html\nhttp://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=Yellow-rumped+Warbler&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1
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I usually kill it. Why am i going to scream im how much bigger than this bug. There is no reason to scream I know I dont. Just kill it and get it over with. My husband would probably scream though.
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There is a bug going around.I know of about 20 people right now with it.Be careful,get plenty of sleep,and try to limit contact with other peoplr.
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A black widow. However the black widow has the red spot on it's under-side. Not on it's back. Be careful
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It's an aquatic insect nymph.  Can't say just what it is without a photo.  Dragonfly nymphs are very goofy looking...
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http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Odocoileus_virginianus/\n\ntry here, make sure you have Quicktime
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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.
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Are you sure of the species? There is a Four Spotted Skimmer and an Eight Spotted Skimmer, both dragonflies, but I dont know of a Six Spotted. The spots are on the wings. These bugs eat other insects and are very strong predators, sometimes taking bugs larger than themselves. \n\nDragonflies are amazing insects!
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here are some websites if you match the spider up to any of the pictures then just read about it but i dont think it is anything like a black (black with red hourglass shape on back) or a brown recluse because it has a huge white butt and white stripes or dots \nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dbrown%2Brecluse%26sp%3D1%26fr2%3Dsp-top%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t-t400%26ei%3DUTF-8%26SpellState%3Dn-1248453388_q-mmgWoC1th5cTV6Vfxa5u%2FAABAA%40%40&w=300&h=328&imgurl=www.calpoison.com%2Fpublic%2Fbrown-recluse.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.calpoison.com%2Fpublic%2Fspiders.html&size=41.3kB&name=brown-recluse.jpg&p=brown+recluse&type=jpeg&no=7&tt=5,138&ei=UTF-8
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My guess is that you've found a golden torotise beetle (Charidotella sp.)\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/8827/bgpage\n\nThey are related to ladybugs but not really a part of that group. Dead beetles quickly lose the gold.
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Mmm... it could have been an escaped pet. You could try to contact your local faunal control service and let them know, I'm sure environmental agencies would be interested in knowing about any possible exotic species. \nOne popular pet tree frog is Agalychnis callidrias (originally from Central America). Did it look like this?\nhttp://www.froggyville.com/images/graphics/usenet/wild28%5B2%5D.gif
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it could just be a spider bite, or another insect bite. i would get it checked out though. make sure you clean it with alcohol or hydrogen peroxide on it for the time being. and if you can get any OTC medicine that could help with bites that would be good. also its different in every part of the country and the world. so what might affect some people doesnt effect others. like it could be a scorpion bite. but it all depends on where you live. it may just be a rash though too. but i think its an insect bite.