BUG- KeT Information and photos from Clemson University BUGket List Design by Rachel Thompson, Arlitt Graduate Assistant 1 Table of Contents Aranea (spiders) . .4 Caddisfly (mothlike insect). .8 Coleopetra (beetles). .9 Diptera (true flies). .17 Ephemeroptera (mayfly). .19 Hemiptera (true bugs). .20 Hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, bees, ants). .25 Isopoda (pill bug). .28 Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). .29 Mantidae (praying mantis). .30 Mecoptera (scorpionflies). .31 Megaloptera (alderflies, dobsonflies, fishflies). .32 Neuroptera (net-winged insects). .33 Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). .35 Opiliones (harvestmen). .37 Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, crickets). .38 Phasmidae (stick insects). .39 Polydesmida (millipedes). .40 Index. .41 References. .42 2 This is a list of bugs, insects, and spiders that you can find outside around your house and in nearby areas, such as around woods and ponds! Here are some photos and descriptions of these critters as well as tips on where to find them! Check it out! 3 ARANEA ARROW -SHAPED MICRATHENA These spiders have yellow bodies with red or black edges on their sides. They are orb-weaving spiders, meaning they make round orb webs. Look for them in moist woods and edges of gardens! BOWL AND DOILY SPIDER Look for a spider web that is shaped like a bowl on a saucer, and you have found the bowl and doily spider! These spiders are commonly found in bushes around homes and in gardens. 4 FISHING SPIDER These are very large spiders found around water, and they look like big wolf spiders. They can walk on top of water and dive under the water! GOLDENROD CRAB SPIDER These spiders can change color slowly to match the flower they are sitting on, and they hold their legs in a crab-like posture. They are commonly found on flowers, especially yellow and white flowers. 5 JUMPING SPIDER These spiders have large eyes and very short legs, and there are many different species colored greens, reds and blues. They jump on their prey and are often found on decks, porches, picnic tables and gardens. LONG -JAWED ORBWEAVER These are orb-weaving spiders that spin their webs near water. They have long jaws that cannot puncture your fingers. 6 WOLF SPIDER These are large hairy brown spiders with long legs. These spiders do not make webs, and they can be found on the ground in grassy or wooded areas. YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER These are large yellow and black orb-weaving spiders. They are often found in gardens and under houses. 7 CADDISFLY CADDISFLY These are small to medium in size and usually hold their wings like a tent over their bodies and long antennae. 8 COLEOPTERA AMERICAN CARRION BEETLE These have a yellow plate with a black dot. They can be found under a rotting dead animal because they eat the flesh and the surrounding maggots. CATERPILLAR HUNTER These beetles have metallic green abdomens and steel-blue heads and thoraxes. If threatened, they can release a strong smell and can bite. These are usually seen scurrying across the ground searching for caterpillars. They can be found on tree trunks and in gardens. 9 DOGBANE LEAF BEETLE These are almost metal looking with colors of copper, gold, green and blue. They are named after the plant they eat. They can be found sitting out in the open showing no fear or in wet areas in field and roadsides where the Dogbane plant grows. DUNG BEETLE They can be found around cow, pig or horse manure, which they eat and use to lay eggs in. These beetles have dark, round bodies, and six legs. They have long flying wings that are folded under their hard, protective covers. 10 EYED ELATER These have large fake eye spots on the back of their thorax that are meant to scare predators away by making them look too big to eat. They are slow moving, making them easy to catch. These can be found near freshly cut or pruned oak logs or resting on sides of trees. FORKED FUNGUS BEETLE These are small, crazy-looking beetles that are brown, bumpy and have two horns. They can be found on shelf fungi, and they are active at night. 11 GRAPEVINE BEETLE These have four spots on each side and feather-like fans on the ends of their antennae. They can be found during day light on grapevines. GREEN JUNE BUG These have a green top and gold sides, and they have tiny horns on their heads that are used to puncture the skin of fruit. These beetles can be found eating grapes and other skinned fruits. 12 LOCUST BORER These beetles have long horns and mimic hornets, which you can tell by finding their W-shaped marking. They can be found in weedy fields on yellow flowers, such as goldenrod flowers. RED MILKWEED BEETLE These are red and black beetles with long dark antennae. The bright red color means they are poisonous to eat, but are fine to handle. They make squeaking noises when handled. 13 SOLDIER BEETLE These are long slender beetles that are often mistaken for Fireflies. All three of their body parts are the same width, colored black and orange. They can be found on flowering plants such as asters and goldenrod. STAG BEETLE These are large with very long horns. These beetles can fly, although the females rarely fly. They can be found near woods around rotten logs. 14 SWAMP MILKWEED LEAF BEETLE These are red and black and use their colors to warn birds and other animals not to eat them. They can be found on milkweed leaves, just like it says in their name. TIGER BEETLE These have long jaws and large eyes, and can be metallic purple, black, red or green or grey or white, and many have spots. They can be found on sandy soils and beaches or places with bare soil and patches of grass. 15 TORTOISE BEETLE These can have a see-through shell or are metallic-looking with red, blue, orange and green colors. These can be found around morning glory or bindweed plants or on potato vines in vegetable gardens. 16 DIPTERA CRANE FLY These look like giant mosquitos, but they are harmless and can’t bite at all. They can be found resting in grassy areas. HOVERFLY These look like bees, make a buzzing sound and have short, thick nubs for antennae. They tend to fly up, down, forward and backward and stay in one place while flying. 17 ROBBER FLY These are large, slender and hairy flies that have large, bulging eyes and can be up to over an inch long. They can be found perched vertically on grasses and branches in open areas. TIGER BEE FLY These are triangle shaped, and their wings are longer than their bodies. They can be found near wood structures like decks because they parasitize carpenter bees who also hang around wood. 18 EPHEMEROPTERA MAYFLY When mayflies hatch out, they can be seen in large numbers just about anywhere near water. These soft bodied, pale colored bugs can be recognized by having two or three long styli at their rear and wings held above their body like damselflies. Fish eat them in large quantities, giving them the nickname fishflies. They fly slow enough that you may be able to catch one in your hand! 19 HEMIPTERA AMBUSH BUG These have ridges and bumps on their body and have enlarged front legs, making them quite strange- looking. These can be found hiding in flowers in weedy fields. Don’t handle them – their bite is painful. BROAD -HEADED SHARPSHOOTER LEAF HOPPER These are little insects with big eyes on a big head. They can squirt harmless liquid out of their abdomen to startle predators. They can be found in gardens and trees. 20 CICADA In the summer, you know it is time to look for a cicada when the trees are full of loud, buzzing insects. Trees are a necessary part of a cicada’s life. You may see the shed skin of a cicada on the side of a tree before you see an adult. One species comes out of the ground every 17 years, while others hatch out every year. GIANT WATER BUG These have large front legs, and they can swim and fly. They have a small tube on their rear that is used for breathing in water, but it is not a stinger. They do bite. These can be found around weedy or muddy pond and lake edges or around swimming pools at night. 21 LEAF FOOTED BUG These are loud, smelly bugs with large fans on their back legs. They have a sucking mouth part which lets them stick into plants. These can be found in a vegetable garden. MEALYBUG A white crust on limbs of bushes and many other plants is the sugary waste they excrete onto their backs. They feed on the juices of house plants and greenhouse plants. They can be found in warm, moist habitats. 22 SPITTLEBUG NYMPH These are cute brown or green bugs that hide in a mass made of small, harmless bubbles that they blow up around their body. They can be found during warm weather on leaves or stems of pine trees, grasses and bushes. Just look for a bubbly mass of whitish “spit”. WATER SCORPION These are stick-like bugs with long front legs and a tube that looks like a stinger on the other end. The tube is a “snorkel” used for breathing, not for stinging. These can be found in shallow water in ponds, lakes and rivers around vegetation and algae. 23 WATER STRIDER These are able to walk on top of the water on the tips of their six legs.