What are these bugs

[rwilliams254]

I was going to post this in General Chit-Chat, but seeing as there's only a handful of people there, people here may know.

I found these things floating in my pool. They are dead. I can figure out how to get rid of them if I knew what they were. I don't think they're Palo Verde Beatles (Ringo, John, Paul, and Clyde). I thought those were skinnier.

Does anyone know?

No, I don't have them anymore...they went out with the trash. However, I found two last week and these four on Saturday. ...I'm telling you this in case anyone has the brilliant idea of "take one to a plant nursery and see if they know".... we'll, I can't.


Thanks,

 

[SDRANGER619]

wow those things are big! They look like a morph between a beetle and a roach.

 

[Bigguppy]

Dude they are huge.

 

[UCF-Planted]

Holy crap, those things are huge and ugly :eek3: . Even though I read that they were found in a pool, at first I thought they were found in a pond and was wondering whether they would be the diner or the dinner.

 

[rwilliams254]

It's really cool. When they die, they die in that position so I can stand them up or fing them at my wife... yeah, she doesn't like that so much.

 

[davexstumpe]

those things are oooogly

and im sure that doesnt help you at all

 

[msjinkzd]

they look kinda like helgermites, not sure of the spelling but those they get HUGE and are very scary looking.

 

[rwilliams254]

Almost...except that according to this: http://www.snow.edu/~allans/biology1290/hemiptmecopt.html
they can only get to 65mm. These are bigger than that.

 

[Aphotic Phoenix]

Ewww! I'd have a hard time getting into a pool after I found those in there...I'd be worried one would end up crawling on me. ><

 

[Pallen81]

whatever those are. they are gross as hell looking