[AnthonyKing]

Just flew into my face when working at my PC.

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/343/bug2rd9.jpg
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/628/bugkv5.jpg

Some kind of Beatle?

Its like 5°C outside, must have come in to the warm.

[Z2sc8gEz]

No idea, but we had two mosquitos in our house last night? dunno why they decided it was summer.


On a completely random point if there are any bug experts out there. I remember seing a bug that was about 2mm long and maybe 0.5mm diameter, it looked like a cross between a tiny worm and a slinky. but it moved end over end like a slinky would, it was too small to see any eyes or features. Does anybody know what it was?

[Doctorpills]

It is a Shield bug, for protection it has stinky crap coming out of its body/legs like Lady birds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_bug

[AnthonyKing]

Thanks mate, good to know what I am dealing with!

[spoddersedpn]

Some kind of Beatle?

Well there is a slight resemblance to John Lennon but I don't think it's him.

[Kokomoxcvcv]

Often to be found near birch trees I think.. I spot those little yukky bugs alot and they always are near birch's..

[AnthonyKing]

Pretty sure it is this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthosoma_haemorrhoidale

We do have a lot of Hawthorns around here just strange I have not seen any before.

[iiilizium]

We have those here. I think the ones that we have are brown though.

[bortycuz]

Pretty sure it is this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthosoma_haemorrhoidale

We do have a lot of Hawthorns around here just strange I have not seen any before.

Poor bug has hemorrhoids according to his name.