Comments on: Wheel Bugs

By: Paul Rebmann

Paul Rebmann — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:58:25 +0000

I discovered a wheel bug 2 years ago at a friend's house in north Florida. You can see some photos at my Wild Florida Photo website. I thought that it was pretty wild looking.

By: Axon

Axon — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:07:41 +0000

Not just in the USA seedsaside. There has been a reasonable amount of research in Australia on the use of assassin bugs in integrated pest management as well. There was a commercial push to market them as “thug bugs”. I thought it was a great name. And it was all based on researching methods to mass rear the insects for release into crops. It hasn’t really taken off though.

These are exactly the sorts of insects we should be making the most use of. Bring on the beneficials!

(Getting international markets to realise the potential of integrated management strategies is the hardest issue. Markets tend to prefer a ’silver bullet’ approach.)

By: seedsaside

seedsaside — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:04:48 +0000

It’s really cute. There are so many cool (true) bugs in the USA…

By: Phantom Midge

Phantom Midge — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:28:33 +0000

It must be a banner year for them, as I keep seeing them all over the place around here.

By: qw88nb88

qw88nb88 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:05:39 +0000

Hee-hee — someone else who says, “suck the innards out”!

Wheel bugs are just the coolest. (-: I think they’re a great introduction to insects-beyond-pretty-butterflies.

andrea