I am really curious what this is. I came across it at church tonight. I've never seen anything like it and it defies identification (at least with my rudimentary knowledge of insects).
It's about 3 inches long and doesn't seem to belong to any insect family I can find.
Attacking my sunglasses.
If you can find Bea Swinea, she'll know. She is a book of science knowledge about all kinds of "critters."
ReplyDeleteI THINK that it is a brown lacewing:
ReplyDeletehttp://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/beneficial/brown_lacewings.htm
Check it out and let me know if you think it is the same bug!
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Thomas! That got me on the right track. After some digging, I found out that it wasn't a brown lacewing (they are usually about a half-inch long; this things was about 3 inches). But with that as a starting point, I did figure out that this was a female dobsonfly. More later...
ReplyDeleteawesome!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, um. . when you guys coming down to visit?
Are you outside of Atlanta now?
ReplyDeleteyep! and planning to be here for a few years!!! If kimberly gets this new job, she will even have weekends off! Come down!!! I will cook!!! The coffee here is GREAT!!!!
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