#stenopelmatidae

[musiclovingmoth]

baby face throws baby tantrum >:T

[luckytiamat]

Throwing my hat in the ring because this combines my love of: a) Helping people remember silly little things b) Learning vernacular terms for bugs and c) b u g :). First thought, I've seen a ton of variety amongst velvet ant species, but if we're sure it's not one of those here's my guesses? Guess # 1: Something in the genus Enoclerus? Lots of that fun chevron patterns, lots of red and orange. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132229-Enoclerus Guess # 2: Boxelder Bug of some sort? These fuckers are EVERYWHERE in my experience, so many childhood memories involving these little guys. High visibility + Prominence = Possibly a lot of common names. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132228-Enoclerus-ichneumoneus

Guess # 3: Jerusalem cricket? This one is a massive stretch, but I've heard so many names for these guys (they're what sparked my interest in common names in the first place) so it feels right to at least bring them up. My mom grew up calling them sand babies :). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53897-Stenopelmatidae Guess # 4: Phidippus Audax, while not a bug, are orange and black in their juvenile state and that pattern can look awfully a lot like an angry little face. Not quite matching the description, but it feels worth mentioning. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53809-Phidippus-audax

Mad bug update!!! None of the people in the comments were right, unfortunately, the person said they were not even similar, so i made a little image to help (should've done this in the first place)

Fuzz comment: the fuzz has been referred to be similar on texture to a caterpillar or a velvet ant, just short.

Color comment: the color has been noted to vary between almost red and yellow, most commonly rust.

Wings comment: the person is unsure whether or not it had wings, but they do not remember it flying at all.

Legs and head comment: both seem to be not very noticeable.

I can’t think of a single insect that maps to every one of these points, but there’s a good amount of them that catch more than one

we’ve got orange, but under an inch and not terribly fuzzy. not super water-dependent either

squash borers are sort of fuzzy and maybe have the “eyebrows” but are always active and flying

not just a cockroach right???

another hemipteran, not super fuzzy but a baby Leptoglossus? again, no ties to water

maybe I’m missing something here but I would love to figure this one out

[animalids]

Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus sp.)

Photo by Linda Tanner

[steven-cook]

Poor little Jerusalem cricket... stuck laying on his back. I managed to flip him over. #jerusalemcricket #potatobug Jerusalem crickets are a group of large, flightless insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. They are native to the western United States and parts of Mexico. Despite their common names, these insects are neither true crickets nor true bugs, nor are they native to Jerusalem. Wikipedia Order: Orthoptera Scientific name: Stenopelmatus Higher classification: Stenopelmatidae (at Burbank, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLlqhjh59_/?igshid=1032t5hx4jwrv

[smithproperties]

RT @surethingpests: RT @PestSafetyBoard: RT @AZPest: Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets) Family Stenopelmatidae This is a Jerusalem cricket, wingless, harmless, predator. https://t.co/agkFvrkvit #surecure (via Twitter http://twitter.com/SmithRents/status/1100763233760223232) https://ift.tt/2NvrMmf

[avatar-dacia]

Hubby and I have come to the mutual conclusion that the Stenopelmatidae need to inspire a Pokémon.

[avatar-dacia]

Turns out that the stenopelmatid, bless his little multiple orthopteran hearts, decided to put no more than a cursory effort into hiding.

[avatar-dacia]

Pulled out a dead shrubbery in the yard.  Found a good-sized stenopelmatid hiding under the roots.

Already let the little guy go, or I’d put up pictures.

[avatar-dacia]

I know; everyone’s probably kind of sick of Eeveelutions by now.

That said: I recommend Exempleon as the English name of a hypothetical upgraded normal-type.  And can the bug-type be based on a stenopelmatid?  Because stenopelmatids look really adorabadass and would be appropriate from a visual standpoint.  (Call it Stenopeon or Ortheon, maybe.)

[avatar-dacia]

I actually sorta kinda think stenopelmatids are some of the most adorabadass-looking insects in existence.  Then again, everyone probably guessed that when I came up with a chimeric insect concept for Avatarverse fanon.