Posted by: JohnG
Date: October 29th, 2008
Time: 10.42:49
Hi Caitlin - First of all you need to determine if this is a bug or a beetle. Use our BugWise invertebrate guide to find out how to tell the difference.
John
Hi, my name is caitlin and i live in southern tasmania and i was just wondering if anyone could help me; there is a certain kind of beetle that lives around here and i really want to know what i is? it is about 1 and a half centimetres long and comes in a wide variety of different colours. it seems to appear mostly in the summer months; this bug also bites and when it does it actually cuts the skin open so it starts to bleed and you have to pull the nasty little sucker off! I know this isn't a great deal of information, but if anyone can please help me to find out what it is, i would really apreciate it! thanks!
Please help. Since the vast amount of rain recently we have noticed small lumpy heaps of soil all over our lawn. I thought they were Earthworm (Nightcrawler?)mounds, but there are just too many. One chap said it is a dangerous worm eating all the grass root away; a lady told us it is wasps.
I have tried to dig out a small mound with nothing to be seen inside.
The only wasps I have seen are paper wasps which like our window frames, but those I maged to deter.
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
Date: March 14th, 2008
Time: 13.46:41
Thank you very much, JohnG, you have made an old digger very happy. Again I apologise for the delay in responding. I will look up the Blue Flower Wasps at a later date, but right now there is a beer with my name on it calling to me.
Thanks again,
Regards,
Robert (aka Dodger)
Posted by: JohnG
Date: March 4th, 2008
Time: 14.14:08
Robert, I cant be 100% certain without seeing them but they were probably Blue Flower Wasps. You can read about them here: http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/flower_wasps.htm
They are good for controlling grubs of lawn beetles!!!! They are not dangerous, but can be inquisitive - hence them surrounding you.
Thanks for your message
John
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
Date: March 4th, 2008
Time: 13.23:57
I live in Fairfield NSW, an outer south-western suburb of Sydney. Sorry about the delay, I have a few other things on my plate at the moment and none of them are insects. But I will try to keep up from now on.
Regards.
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
Date: February 23rd, 2008
Time: 10.37:00
About 20 years ago while mowing my lawn, I was suddenly surrounded by a flock of wasp-looking insects. I had never seen them previously, and apart from that occasion and the following year or two, have not seen them since. They appeared to have been nesting in the ground near where I was mowing and came out to see what the noise was. Several of them hovered in front of me, going up and down to check me out. Worried about being stung, I kept very still and just observed them. They were about 20mm long with black shiny bodies, a similar colour to some large Asian scorpions I have seen. Their wings were a translucent blue. After seeming to think I didn't pose a direct threat to them they all returned to their underground nest and I gave that piece of lawn a wide berth for a long time.
Does anyone out there in entomologyland know what they are? And could they please tell me? My curiosity hasn't waned in 20 years and I need to know before Alzheimer's sets in and I forget what to ask.
When we discussed invertebrates in general last Thursday at the workshop at the Botanic Gardens, I was really impressed with the informed level of stories coming for the community participants (eg the negative impact of European bees on pollination of native plants with small flowers, .... a discussion on the herbivory role of invertebrates). This is evidence of "building the communities capacity at better NRM.." - one of our CAP targets) as they gain confidence in their own abilities as well as seek and confirm their information from each other, in conjunction with the experts.
Posted by: JohnG
Date: February 4th, 2008
Time: 12.19:23
Hi Kerryn - to identify them, the first thing you need to do is determine if they are beetles or bugs. Use our inverterbrate guide to determine the differences. Are your neighbours having the same problem? Also, you noted that your soil is 'water proof'. I would think that chemical such as lawn beetle killer work by mixing with water and then enter the soil - so perhaps you treatment is not effective because of this.
I have millions of small brown beetles(or bugs) in my lawn and garden, hiding in rocks and under pavers etc, come out when I water, dont like getting wet. Was told I had lawn beetle as my once beautiful lawn (3 weddings so far on it) is dying no matter how much I water, but they are nothing like the lawn beetle, have sprayed lawn beetle killer and have a few dead bodies around but the rest just move to another hiding place. They are similar to a grey slater the way they congregate and crawl. about 1/2 cm long. Getting worse since our drought of 2 years.(Geraldton WA) All my native plants are dying and the mulch we spread around disappears back into the water proof grey sand within a few weeks. From house and garden proud grandma. Kerryn Steenson
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Time: 19.56:15
Help for Caitlin
Posted by: JohnG
Hi Caitlin - First of all you need to determine if this is a bug or a beetle. Use our BugWise invertebrate guide to find out how to tell the difference. JohnDate: October 29th, 2008
Time: 10.42:49
Help!
Posted by: Caitlin (not verified)
Hi, my name is caitlin and i live in southern tasmania and i was just wondering if anyone could help me; there is a certain kind of beetle that lives around here and i really want to know what i is? it is about 1 and a half centimetres long and comes in a wide variety of different colours. it seems to appear mostly in the summer months; this bug also bites and when it does it actually cuts the skin open so it starts to bleed and you have to pull the nasty little sucker off! I know this isn't a great deal of information, but if anyone can please help me to find out what it is, i would really apreciate it! thanks!Date: October 29th, 2008
Time: 10.29:33
Small lumpy heaps
Posted by: JohnG
Hi Janet - can you tell me where you live?Date: May 20th, 2008
Time: 15.46:58
small lumpy heaps of soil all over our lawn
Posted by: Janet (not verified)
Please help. Since the vast amount of rain recently we have noticed small lumpy heaps of soil all over our lawn. I thought they were Earthworm (Nightcrawler?)mounds, but there are just too many. One chap said it is a dangerous worm eating all the grass root away; a lady told us it is wasps. I have tried to dig out a small mound with nothing to be seen inside. The only wasps I have seen are paper wasps which like our window frames, but those I maged to deter.Date: May 4th, 2008
Time: 12.06:22
Identifying a Bug.
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
Thank you very much, JohnG, you have made an old digger very happy. Again I apologise for the delay in responding. I will look up the Blue Flower Wasps at a later date, but right now there is a beer with my name on it calling to me. Thanks again, Regards, Robert (aka Dodger)Date: March 14th, 2008
Time: 13.46:41
Blue Wasps for Robert
Posted by: JohnG
Robert, I cant be 100% certain without seeing them but they were probably Blue Flower Wasps. You can read about them here: http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/flower_wasps.htm They are good for controlling grubs of lawn beetles!!!! They are not dangerous, but can be inquisitive - hence them surrounding you. Thanks for your message JohnDate: March 4th, 2008
Time: 14.14:08
I live in Fairfield NSW, an
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
I live in Fairfield NSW, an outer south-western suburb of Sydney. Sorry about the delay, I have a few other things on my plate at the moment and none of them are insects. But I will try to keep up from now on. Regards.Date: March 4th, 2008
Time: 13.23:57
Question for Robert and his mysterious wasps
Posted by: JohnG
Hi Robert - where abouts do you live?Date: February 26th, 2008
Time: 20.49:30
Identifying a Bug.
Posted by: Robert (not verified)
About 20 years ago while mowing my lawn, I was suddenly surrounded by a flock of wasp-looking insects. I had never seen them previously, and apart from that occasion and the following year or two, have not seen them since. They appeared to have been nesting in the ground near where I was mowing and came out to see what the noise was. Several of them hovered in front of me, going up and down to check me out. Worried about being stung, I kept very still and just observed them. They were about 20mm long with black shiny bodies, a similar colour to some large Asian scorpions I have seen. Their wings were a translucent blue. After seeming to think I didn't pose a direct threat to them they all returned to their underground nest and I gave that piece of lawn a wide berth for a long time. Does anyone out there in entomologyland know what they are? And could they please tell me? My curiosity hasn't waned in 20 years and I need to know before Alzheimer's sets in and I forget what to ask.Date: February 23rd, 2008
Time: 10.37:00
Meeting CAP targets
Posted by: Nikki Plunkett-Cole (SRCMA/Landcare Project Officer) (not verified)
When we discussed invertebrates in general last Thursday at the workshop at the Botanic Gardens, I was really impressed with the informed level of stories coming for the community participants (eg the negative impact of European bees on pollination of native plants with small flowers, .... a discussion on the herbivory role of invertebrates). This is evidence of "building the communities capacity at better NRM.." - one of our CAP targets) as they gain confidence in their own abilities as well as seek and confirm their information from each other, in conjunction with the experts.Date: February 5th, 2008
Time: 12.46:48
Beetles
Posted by: JohnG
Hi Kerryn - to identify them, the first thing you need to do is determine if they are beetles or bugs. Use our inverterbrate guide to determine the differences. Are your neighbours having the same problem? Also, you noted that your soil is 'water proof'. I would think that chemical such as lawn beetle killer work by mixing with water and then enter the soil - so perhaps you treatment is not effective because of this.Date: February 4th, 2008
Time: 12.19:23
Brown beetles
Posted by: Kerryn (not verified)
I have millions of small brown beetles(or bugs) in my lawn and garden, hiding in rocks and under pavers etc, come out when I water, dont like getting wet. Was told I had lawn beetle as my once beautiful lawn (3 weddings so far on it) is dying no matter how much I water, but they are nothing like the lawn beetle, have sprayed lawn beetle killer and have a few dead bodies around but the rest just move to another hiding place. They are similar to a grey slater the way they congregate and crawl. about 1/2 cm long. Getting worse since our drought of 2 years.(Geraldton WA) All my native plants are dying and the mulch we spread around disappears back into the water proof grey sand within a few weeks. From house and garden proud grandma. Kerryn SteensonDate: February 3rd, 2008
Time: 15.12:58
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