Identify this bug

[outwest]

That's a crazy lookin bug.. I would kill its ass I hate 2 see any bugs in my grow area.. Well that's not 100% true b'cuz I like Ladybugs & praying mantis..

I like predator mites!

outwest

 

[101 Runner]

Everyone is posting to catch them but you want to eradicate! Zenith 20 for total bug death!

 

[Seamaiden]

These should help, and you'll notice in one photo. . .I was wrong there is a rainbow sheen.

outwest

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That looks like a parasitic wasp to me.

 

[vaporedout]

i checked out the parasitic wasp, its a possibility.... but damn those things lay their eggs on other bugs?? hahaha wtf?? "hey c'mer for a sec i need to lay a dozen eggs on ya"

 

[Seamaiden]

I know! Right? I've seen what they do to praying mantises, it's a sad thing to see. Last year I watched a 'regular' wasp snag a caterpillar and drag it off. What a way to go!

 

[ttystikk]

I have a very small bug roaming around in my bloom room; it's the size of a fungus gnat but isn't one. It bites- barely- and it doesn't seem to be interested in the plants. It does a lot of walking around at a fast clip, like it's hunting. It seems a bit spotted or mottled. It does not have a wasp waist. I do not have a camera capacble of the macro shot necessary to see it clearly...

I have no other bugs in my room besides the occasional spider. Unlike many here, I am reluctant to pump poisonous chemicals until I think they're actually required; hosing the room down with pesticide just ensures there will be a wide open field for the first bugs of a new infestation...

 

[Seamaiden]

Ooo... sounds predatory to me!

What's that bug identification site again...? Hold on, lemme find it, BRB.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

 

[ttystikk]

I know! Right? I've seen what they do to praying mantises, it's a sad thing to see. Last year I watched a 'regular' wasp snag a caterpillar and drag it off. What a way to go!

Bug's gotta eat, and I'm all for the wasp dragging off a caterpillar and making like 'Alien' with it. After all the crawlie is gonna eat many times its weight in MY plants, damaging them in the process.

 

[ttystikk]

Ooo... sounds predatory to me!

What's that bug identification site again...? Hold on, lemme find it, BRB.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

awesome site! Now, how do I use it to identify a bug by physical description alone?
Agreed, the little guys do sound predatory and if that's the case I definitely do not want to kill them off!

I learned long ago in the jungles of Malaysia that if a critter eats mosquitoes, DON'T kill it because it's on your team-it doesn't matter what it looks like!

 

[Seamaiden]

Hrm... last time I used the site it looked a bit different, and I could have sworn it had a link to ID bug by appearance, then there was a tree that you could use that helped narrow down family, etc.

 

[outwest]

Thanks for all the insect knowledge. Go team!

outwest

 

[vaporedout]

Unlike many here, I am reluctant to pump poisonous chemicals until I think they're actually required; hosing the room down with pesticide just ensures there will be a wide open field for the first bugs of a new infestation...

yeah stay away from chemicals..... neem is a good way to go for most probs, and critter control. i dont like to kill any bug, if i can help it. spiders are on your side also. if i see a nice daddy long leg, i will snag it and put it in my room if i suspect bugs, id like to think the way i got rid of my root aphids was collecting about 4 wolf spiders and let them have their way with all the fliers and the aphids on top of the soil...

and what?? a praying mantis couldnt hang with those wasps?? man i like to find a few of those mantis a year and try to keep em with my outdoor crowd just for bug control, i dont know if we have those wasps here but imma keep an eye out for those crazy mofo's

 

[outwest]

yeah stay away from chemicals..... neem is a good way to go for most probs, and critter control.

I don't think they are any kind of wasp, I'm still leaning toward ant, way to small to be a wasp, my photos give no sense of scale. Either way someone had mentioned setting torro on a plate, I assume that is some kind of granular? As long as it isn't going in or on the plants, I'm OK with little chemicals.

outwest

 

[vaporedout]

yeah torro is like a syrup, you put a drop on a plate and set it out by them, just watch if you have pets.

 

[outwest]

yeah torro is like a syrup, you put a drop on a plate and set it out by them, just watch if you have pets.

Is it Terro? If so, which product:

THANKS!

outwest

 

[vaporedout]

haha terro, yup i use this one ^

 

[outwest]

haha terro, yup i use this one ^

Thanks again, VO. May all your non beneficial insects be dead ones. Case closed!

outwest

 

[Dr.X]

It is definetly a wasp, check this link.. They eat bad bugs if I'm not mistaken
.. I couldn't put the link so here are the pictures

 

[outwest]

It is definetly a wasp, check this link.. They eat bad bugs if I'm not mistaken
.. I couldn't put the link so here are the pictures

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Thanks, Doc!

 

[Dr.X]

Thanks, Doc!

;) good luck with your wasp haha