View Full Version : Another "what is this thing?" thread :)
Woofy
09-18-2008, 11:39 PM
We saw this creature on our ceiling. What the heck is it?
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/woofgrrmeow/SDC10002-2.jpg
SchizotypalVamp
09-18-2008, 11:44 PM
Stinkbug? We see those guys around all the time
Alan R
09-19-2008, 12:12 AM
It's a milkweed bug.
http://insected.arizona.edu/milkinfo.htm
Alan R
09-19-2008, 12:13 AM
with pics
http://bugguide.net/node/view/504
oh cool, never saw one before. :)
sed03f
09-19-2008, 2:04 PM
We call them stinkbugs here, good to know its really called the MILKWEED BUG, now I know the difference.
snoopy65
09-19-2008, 2:06 PM
They are milkweed bugs, but we call em stinkbugs too. And let me tell ya, if you squish it you will know why!
judgemax
09-19-2008, 5:59 PM
actually, it looks kinda like a beetle.
Vicious_Fish
09-19-2008, 6:02 PM
Yep, Milkweed bug, which is a member of the "True Bug" Order Hemiptera.
good thing i didnt squish it, i was about to but i wanted to id it so i needed it un squished.
DiezelEinstein
09-19-2008, 8:18 PM
Yep they smell like From-unda...