Dougy’s bug manages to survive his swats. I’ve witnessed three direct hits so far, and all that comes of it is the bug falls behind the light stand, safe from my kitty boy. Will Dougy catch it? Time will tell.
Post 2135: Dougy’s bug…
WEGGIEBOY'S BLOG by Doug Thomas
Andy and I miss Dougy
Dougy just gave it some warnings taps, that’s all. He’ll get serious if the buggy keeps giving him more attitude. Tee hee hee.
I haven’t seen it for a coiuple days now, so hope it died of starvation or kitty pats. I don’t care which.
GO DOUGY GO!! Keep swatting that bug until you kill it.
I hope he gets it soon, if it is still alive.
This reminds me of last invasion by the EIBWBBBs (Evil Ironclad Boll-Weevil black biting beetles), Doug. I wish I had Dougy to help. Hehe! Cheers.
Both kitty boys would have been pleased to help yuou out, though you hads such a huge invasion that I suspect they would have become bored at some point and rolled over on their backs. Of course, they’d get up from toime to time to get their kitty snback of Greenies. (The bug is still around. Dougy intends to deal with it.)
Hahaha!
So the dance begins! Fun for some time to come.
Shoko
It continues today, Sunday. That’s one tenacious bug!
Gosh, what is it? And how big is it?
I think it is a blister beetle, but haven’t found an exact photo of it in any of the bug ID sites. It’s black with red feet, which seems like a fairly unique combination that would easily bring something up on Google.
It’s about half an inch, perhaps a little more, big (1,3cm), so is a fairly big bug.
It looks like a Stink Bug! Smelly…
I’ll check that out. I haven’t found anything on bug ID sites that matched it. I though maybe an assassin bug. They have a bad bite, however, so I may help Dougy and murder the bug next time it shjows upI’ll check stink bug out…it doesn’t check out. Of course, there are so many insect species, and what I saw may just be more common ones. (I hope it isn’t a stink bug!)
Doesn’t look wide enough for a stink bug. We’ve got a new one now called the brown marmorated stink bug.
https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/bmsb/brown-marmorated-stink-bug
That’s why I didn’t think it was a stink bug, either. I’m pretty certain it is an assassin bug.
Get It!
If it is what I think it is, it have a bad bite….
Good luck Dougy.
I think it is an assassin bug, which has a painful bite and sucks mammalian blood. I plan on helping Dougy on the chance I am right.