Any entomologists here?

[fest3er]

This li'l critter joined me atop my desk today. Anyone know what it is? That is, besides being an insect with a proboscis. With the body curled up as you see it, it's about 3/4" head-to-tail.



A 5/8-hearted web search didn't turn up anything other than to tell me it's not a spider and it isn't winged.



Tried another search. Seems it might be a 'wheel bug', or more specifically, a wheel bug nymph. Dunno what it's doing in the house.....

 

[hammersley]

To help us a bit .....where do you

live??????

 

[fest3er]

live??????

Peoples' Republic of Virginia

 

[bighammer]

It's ugly whatever it is. I'm not fond of any bugs.

I have a Black Widow in a jar on my desk that I found inside my welding mask. I wouldn't have ever guessed I'd see one in Northern Michigan.

 

[Pistazie]

LOL, it looks pretty mad and like it would attack you if it could.



This seems to be a pretty good site, maybe you could post your pic and question here... now I'm curious too - its a strange one



Ask What’s That Bug? | What's That Bug?

 

[fest3er]

That's the site that pert much convinced me it's a wheel bug nymph.

Click for some more (better?) pics. They're high-res, 400-1000KB each. The dust made it harder for a piker like me to identify the critter. The 14MP pictures made it a little easier. I've no idea where it travelled to go through that much dust!

 

[MMeier]

Did you give it a name yet??!! :-laf

 

[kenny61]

May I suggest ... Dusty