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I can answer questions ONLY on ant lions,(aka doodlebugs), butterflies, and certain other insects. NO BUG IDENTIFICATIONS, I will not answer any questions asking for bug IDs, NO home insect invasion questions please! If you ask anything about "What is this?!" and it doesn't pertain to butterflies or antlions then I WON'T ANSWER.
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Raising ant lions to adulthood.
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Recent Answers from Heather
2009-03-23 Ant lions / trapdoor "spiders":
I don't really know anything about arachnids, but I do know about ant lions. They can be pretty picky about where they set up shop. Try looking under trees near the sand line or under bushes or drift wood
2008-08-23 Id type Ant:
Cowkiller is a nickname for a Velvet Ant, which actually isn't an ant at all, but a type of wasp. They act like an ant more then a wasp, which accounts for the name. Here is a very detailed page all
2008-08-20 bug:
It looks just like a hummingbird moth, either a Clearwing Hummingbird Moth, or a Snowberry Clearwing Hummingbird Moth. They are very unusual, having bee colors but hovering over flowers with a long proboscis
2008-02-11 Hi:
Doodle bug is an informal name for in insect known as the antlion. They build cone shaped sand traps and wait for an unsuspecting insect to fall in the cone, right into the jaws of the antlion. Here is
2006-09-28 Unknown Caterpillar:
As great as a description you gave, IDing caterpillars is very hard without a picture, and even then some of the less common species will be hard as well. Your best bet is so get a moth/butterfly book
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