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Anyone recognise this insect ?

 
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Jan 11, 2008 16:03 |  #1

Hi everyone :)
There seem to be some very knowledgeable people on this forum so i thought i'd ask if anyone knows what kind of bug this is?'Till now i've been calling it a junk bug because of the huge pile of rubbish it seems to carry around everywhere :lol:
It did occur to me that they could look like that naturally but the 'stuff' on their backs seems to be different from bug to bug.The main body is about 5mm long


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Jan 11, 2008 17:04 |  #2

Yep, that's George, I seen him before...Just kidding! Don't know what it is, but interesting capture! This is from the side I take it? You sure it isn't a small spider carrying dinner?


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Jan 11, 2008 17:38 |  #3

It looks like a lacewing larva covered in goop. I don't know what the goop is, though.


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Jan 11, 2008 17:41 as a reply to  @ mikerault's post |  #4

Yup, that's a booger bug! I'd be wearin' nose plugs while sleeping if I were you. ;)

In all seriousness ...I have no idea. I would love to hear the story on this little guy though. Probably doesn't get many dates. :lol:


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Jan 11, 2008 17:47 |  #5

wow! looks like that tiny creature was on shopping ;)

I have no idea what it is :P

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Jan 11, 2008 18:12 |  #6

Wow that is odd! I was just looking at a bug site with lots of QLD bugs but I didn't see any like that, http://www.brisbaneins​ects.com/pchew_brisban​e/index.html (external link) might be worth a look.


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Jan 11, 2008 18:20 |  #7

There is a crab that is called a "decorator crab" that does this, but it lives underwater...

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Jan 11, 2008 18:51 |  #8

Pictured below is a so-called "trash bug." Trashbugs are immature brown lacewings. Like green lacewing larvae, brown lacewing larvae are predators, but some species cover themselves with debris and with the skins of their prey as a way to protect themselves from larger predators.

http://www.uky.edu …s/lacewings/lac​ewings.htm (external link)

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Jan 11, 2008 23:27 |  #9

waussie wrote in post #4684183 (external link)
Pictured below is a so-called "trash bug." Trash bugs are immature brown lacewings. Like green lacewing larvae, brown lacewing larvae are predators, but some species cover themselves with debris and with the skins of their prey as a way to protect themselves from larger predators.

http://www.uky.edu …s/lacewings/lac​ewings.htm (external link)

Goggle :)

That's awesome wussier! interesting read, thanks for solving the mystery. :)


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Jan 12, 2008 00:20 |  #10

Good find- as commented above it's a lacewing larva- the baby larvae of these cover themselves in debris/bit of victim. They seem to stop doing it when they reach a certain size.
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Jan 12, 2008 00:23 as a reply to  @ LordV's post |  #11

i was going to call it a WTF? bug lol - How odd is that bug..nice capture


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Jan 12, 2008 08:20 as a reply to  @ macro junkie's post |  #12

Here is one I spotted recently:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=408724

If it was not for the all the junk they carry around I would never have seen the bug.


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