March 30, 2005

Crazy Texas Bug

I was going to do some research and figure out what kind of bug this is, but decided it might be more fun to put it up here and see if anyone else could figure it out. Let’s make a boring, no-prize game out of it!

Commentary (10):

1. Richard Earney says… mar 30, 2005 | 7:42 am

It might be a Squash bug? Hard to tell without seeing the body shape from above…

2. Paul Carpenter says… mar 30, 2005 | 8:22 am

It’s a Ziccou bug, if you’ve seen the Life Aquatic then that would be clear.

3. kingbenny says… mar 30, 2005 | 12:00 pm

I don’t know what scientists call it, but I call it hideous. The picture is cool though.

4. niff says… mar 30, 2005 | 4:34 pm

That my friend, is a Coreid bug (Hypselonotus sp.). Most popular in texas..they are a squash eating bug, and if you step on them, they stink! fun stuff.

5. JCRogers says… mar 30, 2005 | 7:14 pm

Had them in Utah, too. But I can’t remember what we called them. Was it kinda red-orange on the back?

6. Walt says… mar 31, 2005 | 8:14 am

I think the work with the focal length is great. The bug is sharp and everything around it just kinda blurs away.

Unless you PS’d it =0)

7. Jason Santa Maria says… mar 31, 2005 | 8:18 am

I try to alter my photos as little as possible. Usually this means just compensating for forgetting to change my white balance or to clean a spot where there may have been dirt or a smudge on the lens. Beyond that, these are all me.

8. bearskinrug says… mar 31, 2005 | 8:38 am

It’s a bug.

So what do I get. A flag or something?

9. niff says… mar 31, 2005 | 3:59 pm

I totally got the bug, and nobody cares! ah well.

10. Jason Santa Maria says… mar 31, 2005 | 4:01 pm

I care Niff, well done!

You win your own play-at-home version of the game! I will drop off the crates full of bugs this weekend :D