What is this bug?

[9mmMike]

Saw this outside my window today.

Pretty cool.

 

[MatticusMania]

It is pretty cool. Im not sure what it is though.

 

[Webtroll]

Is that a saw blade on it's head? Trying a bit too hard to be the best bug for metal I'd say.

 

[paste]

Looks like a wheel bug to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_bug

Source: Invalid Link Removed < Is a pretty good place to look up bugs you have no idea about. Found it in a matter of seconds. As a matter of fact good site to find out about nearly anything.

 

[9mmMike]

Awesome predator. Thanks!

 

[macaroni tony]

dude that's awesome

 

[DwaynieAD]

saw one last week in baltimore and of course the wife freaked out.

 

[macaroni tony]

Looks like a wheel bug to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_bug

Source: Invalid Link Removed < Is a pretty good place to look up bugs you have no idea about. Found it in a matter of seconds. As a matter of fact good site to find out about nearly anything.

what did you do - post a picture and say "what bug is this?" or was there another way to find out?

 

[elgecko]

what did you do - post a picture and say "what bug is this?" or was there another way to find out?

If you Google "bug with saw on back" it comes up as the second image result. We truly live in the future!

 

[macaroni tony]

damn

 

[Robus]

Wheel bug. They do bite.

 

[paste]

what did you do - post a picture and say "what bug is this?" or was there another way to find out?

The bug the OP posted was luckily one of the FAB (Frequently asked bugs) so I found it fairly quickly. The FAB is on the right hand side of the page. If the bug your looking for is not on the FAB, then you can upload a picture of your bug and have people identify it for you.

 

[9mmMike]

Or just post to TB! Ha!

 

[macaroni tony]

since the 10th grade my wife has sworn that she saw a bright red and blue spider, about the size of a hand in a national geographic magazine. I'm pretty sure it was a comic book But she's been trying to find it ever since with no dice

 

[elgecko]

How about this one from the Mojave Desert? Some sort of beetle.

 

[MatticusMania]

since the 10th grade my wife has sworn that she saw a bright red and blue spider, about the size of a hand in a national geographic magazine. I'm pretty sure it was a comic book But she's been trying to find it ever since with no dice

I was gonna say, sounds like Spiderman.

Maybe it was this lizard?

 

[macaroni tony]

I know, bless her poor little heart...

 

[d180fuzz]

bright red and blue spider

Like this?

 

[macaroni tony]

Like this?

I've never seen that; is this a real thing?

 

[d180fuzz]

It's real. VERY REAL.