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What bug is it??!!
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Mon, Oct 11, 10 at 13:26
| I lifted some iris clumps today and found many that had the rhizome bored into. In a few of the bored-out places, there was an insect that was about 1/2" long x 1/16" wide, brown all over. It looked somewhat like a combination between an ant & a cricket. It was tending a cluster of light yellow, very tiny eggs. Anyone know what it is? |
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| Not like any beetle I've seen. I'm thinking maybe borers ate out a tunnel, and some bugs are just using them for a home. It resembles an ant more than anything. I'm digging up more - if I see another, I'll try to get a pic. |
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It's not an earwig, is it? They tend their eggs and young.
Renee |
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| I'm familiar with earwigs, so I know it's not an earwig. |
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Here's a great site for bug ID.
Renee |
Here is a link that might be useful: What's That Bug?
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| I have read (on other forums) of crickets which chew onto rhizomes. Not that they live inside them, but I suppose that's possible also. So they could be crickets... |
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| I shouldn't have said it looked somewhat like a cricket. It didn't have large back legs at all. It's just that the head seemed "boxy" and not oval or pointy like most ants. I think the insect was using the borer hole in the rhizome like a hermit crab as a nursery! The way it was zooming around inside the rhizome, trying desperately to protect the eggs, reminded me of an ant, too. |
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| hosenemesis - You were correct after all! I'd never seen a female earwig before, only males. After googling for images, I'm sure the bug was a female earwig. Thanks for the tip!!! |
RE: What bug is it??!!
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Cool. I was dismayed when I found out what good mothers they were.
Renee |
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