[Cyngbaeld]

BIG UGLY BUG in the yard today. My chicks were trying to catch it but I don't think any of them would have known what to do with it. Pea green about size and shape of a golf ball. Flew away before I could catch it. Never saw anything like it before! Any guesses?

 

[CraftyDiva]

Katydid ?

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/true_katydid.htm

 

[countrygrrrl]

Gack! The size of a golfball?

 

[Cyngbaeld]

Not a katydid.

Yeah, like a golf ball! My month old chicks were trying to catch it! I googled all over the place and couldn't figure it out!

 

[countrygrrrl]

Not a katydid.

Yeah, like a golf ball! My month old chicks were trying to catch it! I googled all over the place and couldn't figure it out!

Gack!!

I have billions of grasshoppers right now, but they're more an apple green than pea green. And they're not that big.



Maybe it's some kind of strange, deformed or something-odd-going-on bug? The other day, I saw the most beautiful butterfly with three sets of wings. It settled in the grass and I got a close look at it --- and it was actually one live butterfly with two seemingly dead ones on top.

 

[Cyngbaeld]

WEIRD!!! butterfly!! It wasn't a hopper. There are a number of pecan trees around here. It was about the color of the green nuts, but big and round. Wasn't a locust either.

 

[countrygrrrl]

It's not a stink bug, is it?

 

[Cyngbaeld]

:no: :no: :no: :no:

 

[wy0mn]

A beetle? I found one once that I first mistook for a large birds egg! Gave it to a student who had a "bug" collection. Never learned the proper name for the beetle. Mostly green with grey/black splashes?

 

[wy0mn]

PS: Not a Junebug either, we fly them around with a string tied to a leg. lol

 

[Cyngbaeld]

Not a junebug. It looked beetleish. (Is that a word?)

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

Cicada??
http://www.cicadamania.org/gallery19.html

 

[Cyngbaeld]

No, not a cicada.

 

[wy0mn]

OK, found our "Simon & Schusters" bug book. Largest one I can find is a Hercules beetle, 40-60mm. This one is a yellowish green with brown/black speckles on its back. Looks like ya splattered the bacon grease on him.

 

[CraftyDiva]

 

[countrygrrrl]

GACK!!!!!

 

[wy0mn]

Cool Crafty!

 

[Cyngbaeld]

:dance: :dance: :dance: THAT'S IT!!!!!!

I was beginning to think I was seeing things! :haha: :haha:

 

[CraftyDiva]

Some info, maybe more then you want to know............

http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/hercules/hercules.htm

 

[Cyngbaeld]

It was a female. They apparently don't have the horn. Never knew they were in this area. Thanks.