Bug!! Help identify please.

Sativied

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #1

I was just rolling a joint and an insect fell out my sleeve. We don't have a lot of bugs around here, and nearly all of them are harmless (except ticks). This one I, with my gray beard, have never seen in my life. WTH is it? Just picked up groceries but no veggies or fruits...



Looks like a wasp without wings, but there are pointy thingies on his body. It seems to be missing a leg so it can only walk in circles which is 'almost' funny in a sadistic way.

Not in or near my grown room btw, hence posted in TnT.

 

budbro18

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #2

It looks like one of those wollie bear caterpillars that grew legs like a spider hahaha.

Definitely a weird lookin thang

 

Sativied

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #3

Yeah something like that. The spikes on his body are less long and not fuzzy like a caterpillar.

Oh... it just picked up speed. Walking in a straight line now... it's trying to flee. One of its legs on one side is broken and folded on his head.



Seriously, I'd like to know what it is before I set it free.

 

budbro18

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #4

i ran those pictures through google images and they didnt come up with any matches haha.

one strange bug tosaythe least

 

hempyninja309

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #5

That thing looks gnarrr

 

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gioua

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #6

http://insectphotos.uark.edu/beneficial/index.html

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Sativied

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #7

Got it:

http://www.insectidentification.org...identification=Asian-Multicolored-Lady-Beetle

^^

It's an asian lady 'beetle'. Doesn't belong here as far as I know... "plant eating"... let's see how it walks with just 1 leg.... j/k... I hope for her she can swim and hold her breath for a while...

 

Sativied

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #8

@gioua: missed your reply while posting, thanks. Beneficial huh... so uhm, what... is this going to turn into one of those cute little lady bugs I do have in my indoor garden more often? (rhetorical, obvious by now, indicas slowing my brain today...)

Wow... first time I played with a lady bug is over 3 decades ago... can't remember seeing one of these ever before. I thought it was some crazian version of the cute lady bug.

Ok, let's see if I can splint the leg then.

 

budbro18

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #9

Thats some strange shit! haha glad you figured it out

 

see4

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• Aug 13, 2013

• #10