Comments on: Insect Wish List http://www.bugsforthugs.com An Entomologist's Blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kelley http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4976 Kelley Wed, 21 May 2008 22:54:35 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4976 Hi Heidi, I'd love to add those aquatics to my collection. Send me an email at the above address or click on the 'ask an entomologist' tab and I will give you my address. Thanks for your kind words about the site...actually most thanks should go to Jay because I wouldn't get very far with the actual 'website' part. Computers aren't my thing ;) Always, Kelley Hi Heidi,
I’d love to add those aquatics to my collection. Send me an email at the above address or click on the ‘ask an entomologist’ tab and I will give you my address.

Thanks for your kind words about the site…actually most thanks should go to Jay because I wouldn’t get very far with the actual ‘website’ part. Computers aren’t my thing ;)

Always,
Kelley

]]> By: Heidi http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4973 Heidi Wed, 21 May 2008 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4973 Ahoy! I think I just read every single post in your blog - blame Jay's mom for getting me hooked! I've got some frozen central TX critters that may interest you (I feel like the sleazy guy with a trench coat), a giant water beetle, 2 water scorpions and one other critter from the same pool, closer in relation to the toe-biter than the water scorpions... They've been frozen since last July and I recall the big fellow smelling pretty bad, so maybe it's not ideal... but it's worth a try, eh? Anyway, now I feel like digging up my piles of bug pics for ID help. Wonderful, wonderful site! Ahoy! I think I just read every single post in your blog - blame Jay’s mom for getting me hooked! I’ve got some frozen central TX critters that may interest you (I feel like the sleazy guy with a trench coat), a giant water beetle, 2 water scorpions and one other critter from the same pool, closer in relation to the toe-biter than the water scorpions… They’ve been frozen since last July and I recall the big fellow smelling pretty bad, so maybe it’s not ideal… but it’s worth a try, eh? Anyway, now I feel like digging up my piles of bug pics for ID help. Wonderful, wonderful site!

]]> By: Kelley http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4943 Kelley Sat, 17 May 2008 19:34:19 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4943 Hi Catherine, You can send me a picture of it to my email address: kezylstra at gmail.com. Hi Catherine,
You can send me a picture of it to my email address: kezylstra at gmail.com.

]]> By: Catherine http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4938 Catherine Sat, 17 May 2008 14:38:22 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4938 For decades I have been searching to find information on an insect that seems to be unique to my house. No one else I know has ever seen these things. I've looked in bug encyclopedias and searched the net. A few years ago I pointed one out to a young woman who dubbed it on the spot a "spidy-peed." Have you ever encountered an 8-legged, 2-inch long, light brown, "walking stick" that looks like it wants to be a centipede? In other words, it's long, much thinner than a centipede, and has 8 long legs like a daddy longlegs spider. They seem to live in the bricks in my fireplace and come out after dark. They crawl in only one direction back and forth across the floor, from east to west. They are incredibly fast, so I haven't caught a live one, and they are so ugly I don't want to. However, last night I finally stepped on one (gently). Would a semi-squashed specimen be recognizable by an entomologist? Can I freeze it and send it to you? For decades I have been searching to find information on an insect that seems to be unique to my house. No one else I know has ever seen these things. I’ve looked in bug encyclopedias and searched the net. A few years ago I pointed one out to a young woman who dubbed it on the spot a “spidy-peed.” Have you ever encountered an 8-legged, 2-inch long, light brown, “walking stick” that looks like it wants to be a centipede? In other words, it’s long, much thinner than a centipede, and has 8 long legs like a daddy longlegs spider. They seem to live in the bricks in my fireplace and come out after dark. They crawl in only one direction back and forth across the floor, from east to west. They are incredibly fast, so I haven’t caught a live one, and they are so ugly I don’t want to. However, last night I finally stepped on one (gently). Would a semi-squashed specimen be recognizable by an entomologist? Can I freeze it and send it to you?

]]> By: Elmarie http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4708 Elmarie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:29:01 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-4708 Thanks for a wonderful site. Thanks for a wonderful site.

]]> By: Kelley http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-3086 Kelley Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:17:25 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-3086 Hello Patrick, What kind of aquatic insects can you get your hands on? I'd say I am interested in just about anything ;) I'm not a picky entomologist. Hello Patrick,
What kind of aquatic insects can you get your hands on? I’d say I am interested in just about anything ;) I’m not a picky entomologist.

]]> By: Patrick G http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-3027 Patrick G Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:37:26 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-3027 Kelley, are there any particular insects (primarily aquatic) from Alabama you are interested in having? Kelley, are there any particular insects (primarily aquatic) from Alabama you are interested in having?

]]> By: Patrick http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-646 Patrick Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:20:27 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-646 Anything specific from NJ that you're looking for? Anything specific from NJ that you’re looking for?

]]> By: Kelley http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-594 Kelley Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:41:03 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-594 Where is your geographic location? Where is your geographic location?

]]> By: Lee McAlpin http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-574 Lee McAlpin Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:25:37 +0000 http://www.bugsforthugs.com/insect-wish-list/#comment-574 Hello: Today, and also a few years ago. I found some insects like I've never seen before. They are about one eighth inches in length. The color is black and they have two wings. They look just like a turkey or a goose when they walk. They hold their skinny head really high and kinda wabble as they walk. They can also leap. I have looked and researched and cannot find a photo that resembles the insect. It looks so much like a micro turkey or goose. Its amazing. Can you tell me what this is? Thanks, Lee McAlpin Hello:

Today, and also a few years ago. I found some insects like I’ve never seen before. They are about one eighth inches in length. The color is black and they have two wings. They look just like a turkey or a goose when they walk. They hold their skinny head really high and kinda wabble as they walk. They can also leap. I have looked and researched and cannot find a photo that resembles the insect. It looks so much like a micro turkey or goose. Its amazing. Can you tell me what this is?

Thanks,
Lee McAlpin

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