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Bug ID

mcfez - 5-8-2011 at 07:00 AM

I am not sure...
But looking....it sure resembles a cricket

grace59 - 5-8-2011 at 08:18 AM

I don't know either, but looks like some sort of weird Roach! Yuck! Glad I wasn't in the pool with it!

Natalie Ann - 5-8-2011 at 08:22 AM

While I have no idea what kind of bug that is, Kate...
mho - it's nice that you found it "very dead" instead of alive.
No dilemma as to whether you toss it outdoors still alive to bite you on some other day
or to just squash it dead right then.
:yes:;D:biggrin:

nena

Timo1 - 5-8-2011 at 08:25 AM

cichada (sp) ????

ELINVESTIG8R - 5-8-2011 at 08:42 AM

I don't know but I want to give it a kiss right on it's smackeroo!

Mike99km - 5-8-2011 at 09:13 AM

Looks like something Skeets came up with.
MMc

vandenberg - 5-8-2011 at 10:00 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Mike99km
Looks like something Skeets came up with.
MMc


Well, according to reports, he was in La Paz 6 to 7 years ago. Maybe he had some experimental Texas bugs with him for crossbreeding with native bugs.:biggrin:

castaway$ - 5-8-2011 at 11:22 AM

Looks like some kind of larvae that wiil morph into possibly a type of dragon fly, I see similar critters in our pond here in Oregon.

Bob and Susan - 5-8-2011 at 11:30 AM

i'm not going to la paz...

frist the one-eyed shark and now this thing

what's in that water????:o

marv sherrill - 5-8-2011 at 04:30 PM

Larval c-ckroach!

choyero - 5-9-2011 at 07:18 AM

It's a helgramite. A underwater larva of a flying insect. It is only dead because of the chlorine.

Most experienced freshwater fly fishers know what they are, as it is a very important bait imitation for large trout.

It is also are a very time consuming fly to tie, hence you hardly find them for sale in fly shops. They take about 45min to tie.



[Edited on 5-9-2011 by choyero]

CortezBlue - 5-9-2011 at 12:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by morgaine7
Found this (very dead) in my pool skimmer basket. Any idea what it is? Body is maybe an inch and a half long.



I'm not for sure, but I think this is .................................


the bug that they used in Star Trek The Wrath of Khan, where they put it in some guys ear,

Yes, this is the one:light:

Bugman - 5-10-2011 at 05:20 PM

Whoever said immature c-ckroach had it right. Not sure which species but it's a roach of some kind. It just got a little mangled in your pool.

Bugman

Russ - 5-10-2011 at 05:58 PM

Like this?

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woody with a view - 5-10-2011 at 06:34 PM

Bear Grils would say it's a snack.....

marv sherrill - 5-10-2011 at 09:30 PM

On closer inspection bugman - I have concluded its a stonefly larvae probably Peltoperlidae - roachlike stoneflies - found in water was the key - c-ckroaches do not have aquatic larvae - The 3 part division of the thorax is a give away, and the short cerci make it a Pelto-- - Marv

[Edited on 5-11-2011 by marv sherrill]

Skipjack Joe - 5-10-2011 at 09:56 PM

Unlikely.

Stoneflies live in well oxygenated running water. There isn't a suitable habitat for them within tens of miles of La Paz.

Imagine waking up to this in the morning.

[Edited on 5-11-2011 by Skipjack Joe]

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wessongroup - 5-11-2011 at 10:09 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by choyero
It's a helgramite. A underwater larva of a flying insect. It is only dead because of the chlorine.

Most experienced freshwater fly fishers know what they are, as it is a very important bait imitation for large trout.

It is also are a very time consuming fly to tie, hence you hardly find them for sale in fly shops. They take about 45min to tie.



[Edited on 5-9-2011 by choyero]


Used to roll rocks over in the streams to get them for fishing.. super bait... either on a fly rod.. or on a small hook with a split shot about three feet up the line... wham !!!

Bugman - 5-11-2011 at 01:46 PM

Sorry but it is not a stonefly. The head, legs and habitat are all wrong. Immature roaches do not have wings so that is probably causing a little confusion for some. Also, being stuck in a pool skimmer will cause some general deformation of the body which probably explains why it appears a little skinny. It is an immature roach.

Bugman (Professional entomologist and avid Baja adventurer!)

marv sherrill - 5-11-2011 at 02:20 PM

OK, i give up. my initial guess was larval c-ckroach and I've seen plenty! Just hoping for something more exotic!