Carrie,

Did you forget the picture?

:)

yes - hey, vera - How are you???

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the spider is on the slate, towards right on the bottom...

The other pictures of them on the zinnias came too blurry.

Carrie (ugly little thing...)

Carrie your making my skin crawl!!!! YUK!

... tell me about it

Carrie

For you, Carrie, i actually googled "red spider" and the closest thing I could find to that pic was a red spider mite.
Disgusting...I have to go shake and shiver now...

Here is a link that might be useful: Is this the critter?

No, linda - but nice try (now THAT picture will stick in MY mind... :o/ ) lol

This is really an unusual looking spider and hate to say this - there were tons of them all over a profusion zinnia that was in a pot. How disgusting! Sometimes I wonder how the heck I garden with my dislike for bugs!

I wish I knew what this was. Is there a Name that Insect forum?

Carrie

I found this link: (hope I can post it) testing...

Here is a link that might be useful: Names of Insects

Well first of all that isn't a spider :)
These belong to the family Coreidae (Squash Bugs and Leaf-footed Bugs) of the order Hemiptera (True Bugs). Some are sap feeders and others are predators. Can't say exactly what species, but I bet I could find out. Do I see some black spots on them?
If you don't mind I can send your pic to my former pest ID instructor and if I can't get a hold of her I can forward to an entomologist friend of mine at the Dept. of Ag and get more info on the exact species. Let me know...

Vera

thanks, vera - that would be great!

carrie

going to google what you said it might be, maybe I can find a picture

Vera I typed in both names you mentioned and none of the photos match. I am now so curious about what this is - it really does look like a spider and the body is easily "squishable"... (ewww)

Carrie

Spiders have 8 legs.
I seen a few pics searching google in the order Hemiptera family Coreidae that look quite a big like yours though your picture is pretty small.
You might also consider a type of Assassin Bug..also in the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Check this one out.....looks like a spider huh?
I'll copy the pic and let you know what she, he or both of them come up with :)

Here is a link that might be useful: Assassin Bugs

Thought you might like this website for future North Carolina bug ID's....great pictures too!

Here is a link that might be useful: Field and Swamp: Animals and Their Habitats

It almost looks like this one, but again hard to say. Do you think you could zoom in on them a little more?
I've sent the above pic out, but it might be a bit too small for a good ID. Usually I send Eric, the Chief Entomologist a frozen specimen sample.

In the meantime, your bug sorta resembles this unidentified Leaf-Footed Bug nymph...exact species of this particular one not identified, but all Leaf-footed Bugs belong to order/family mentioned above.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:398483}}

nope not that - it's all orange and I now don't think it is a spider (lack of # of legs)... but it's mostly this really light orange and possibly a light speck or two - I didn't check today - and hopefully I won't find anymore - Oh and by the way - they like shasta daisies too

:0(

I found out what those bugs are

Here is a link that might be useful:

(Sorry I messed up)

Leaf footed bug nymph and they do damage to plants

Awesome! I just knew it was from the Family Coreidae (Leaf-Footed Bugs)!

My former instructor just got back with me about an hour ago and she too agreed that I had the correct family. She couldn't give an exact species name however without better detail.
You know what you could do if you find anymore (or anything else you need ID'd) is get a hold of the nearest Chief Entomologist in your state (usually at the Dept. of Ag) and see if he/she wouldn't mind ID'ing the exact species for you; they will often give you good information about them as well. What Eric LaGassa, Chief Entomologist here in WA has me do is get the bug/spider, ect. and freeze it for a few days in a small container (pill box, ect.) lined with cotton/tissue. Then I send it Priority to his office for ID. He then gets back to with via email with all the details :)

whew, vera - while reading your post all i could think of was that I hope I never see another one of those ugly bugs again!

Sorry - not a fan of insects...

What wonderful information you have, though - I will keep that in mind

Carrie

I've never seen those before. I hope we don't have them in Ohio!

Karen

NOW do you people have "Zone 7 envy?".....

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PS - Karen, never had them in New York, either!

Carrie

'Twould be a nice colour for a flower. :O) They make my skin crawl! UGH! I'll keep my zone 5/6 for today, or at least until you post more pics of your gardens.

I think they are kinda cool looking, but that's me though. Still, if they do damage to plants, I'm glad that I haven't seen any around here. When my boyfriend and I first moved into our house, we found a marbled orb weaver spider that was big, fat and pumpkin orange. Very cool looking, but spiders freak me out. Looked just like this:

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Karen

Must have been in the fall....that's a pregnant Orb Weaver :)

Vera

Ya it was, early November when we moved into the house. We figured it to be a preggy mommie and since she was hanging by the front door, we had to move her so we moved her out to a field to let her offspring hatch out there instead of laying her eggs and letting them hatch at the house.

Karen

I'm been wondering why I've never seen Orb Weaver's out here in Eastern WA...until after your post LOL!
I went about the beds this morning checking seedlings and I came across an Orb style web I found attached between my Chives and Aster laevis, but couldn't find the spider. I know it's an Orb Weaver's web though! I'll go back out this evening and see if I can get a picture. Back home in ND and in NE we had them by the gazillions and I used to be extremely frightened of them (all spiders actually). These ones were the big black and yellow ones....
Given the fact that I live with Hobo Spiders here I've become more desensitized over the years LOL!

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:398485}}

This post is grossing me out...yes, it is a sure way to cure me of Zone envy!!!

Linda

ewwww - that is horrible looking! ;0(

oh...we have all kinds of sap sucking Coreidae (Leaf-footed-Bugs) in all zones :)

Vera

That black and yellow fella is creepy!

Karen