Weird little bug -- can someone identify it?

[Z-man]

Saw this little bugger a couple of times in my yard in New Jersey this summer. Very colorful -- seems out of place in the North East. His body is a little longer than the diameter of a nickel.

Anyone have an idea what this guy is?

[Talewinds]

Common here in the midwest.

[9dreizig]

I think it's a stink bug (seriously)

[Embraer]

looks like some type of longhorned beetle or a wood borer

[Embraer]

Originally Posted by 9dreizig

I think it's a stink bug (seriously)

stink bugs are rounder/flatter

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by 9dreizig

I think it's a stink bug (seriously)

We have those as well - and as the previous poster stated - they are rounder and flatter, and have a very distinct separation between the head and the body. (And they do stink to high heaven when squished.)

-Z

[sc_rufctr]

Are they folded wings on the back?

If yes... It could be a type of moth.

[vash]

i thought it was a cottonwood borer..but the antenae are all wrong.

[crustychief]

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

[crustychief]

I have seen them in guards red before but never in speed yellow.

[vash]

Originally Posted by crustychief

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

crazy..i thought you were BSing. how did you know that?

you're like grissom

[crustychief]

I saw some a couple of years ago and looked into it. I remembered the webworm moth part, google handled the rest. The ones I saw were red though.

[Z-man]

Ailanthus Webworm Moth - yep - that's it!

There is nothing the Pelican braintrust does not know!!!

Thanks,
-Z-man.

[vash]

pretty cool.

you are like grissom!

[Steve Carlton]

Taste test will confirm. If it's like coconut with a hint of cinnamon, you'll know for sure.

[M.D. Holloway]

Webworm Moth