It's not a great picture, but...

[GabeU]

I was able to catch these beauties in the side yard earlier this evening.  There were four more to the right of the area in the picture, and a slew of them in the woods, as well.  One day, a few years back, I had over a dozen of them on my lawn, with six of them being in the front.  One was so close to the house I could have reached out the window and nearly touched it.  🙂  There are perks to living in the country.  

[val_t]

@maratsade

We used to say that to doodle bugs.   LOL   Do you know what those are?  They sure are ugly.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=doodlebug&qpvt=doodle+bug&FORM=IGRE

@GabeU

Love  your pictures.  I live in the country too.  We get the deer coming in the yard and watch them and I get a few ugly things too.  More than I cared to get.  Well I could not find the photo I had of the 81 inch rat snake  LOL  I killed 2 that size and 2 half that size in 2 days.  All together I have killed 6 copperheads in the chicken house at night.  Almost stepped on one.  Sheesh!

Val

[maratsade]

@val_t, I haven't a clue what doodlebugs are...I checked Google and got this.  Is that a doodlebug?

[MarkJFine]

The ones I saw looked like something Kahn put in Chekov's ear.

[val_t]

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@MarkJFine wrote:

The ones I saw looked like something Kahn put in Chekov's ear.

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There  you go that is a doodle bug

[Amanda]

Well, I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight anyway

[val_t]

If it helps any Amanda,  That picture is a gazillion times bigger than what one is  🙂  

Val

[Amanda]

For some reason that makes it worse!! You'd never see it coming! LOL

[val_t]

I do believe the dangerous parts you see are its backside   LOL  (whoops I stand corrected in that info)  lol

Here is some info on them.  https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-doodlebugs-1968047

Val

[maratsade]

That site suggests capturing and keeping one as a pet.  My one question here would be: WHY???

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@val_t wrote:

I do believe the dangerous parts you see are its backside   LOL  (whoops I stand corrected in that info)  lol

Here is some info on them.  https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-doodlebugs-1968047

Val

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[maratsade]

Ditto. They could be in your hair Right.Now.

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@Amanda wrote:

For some reason that makes it worse!! You'd never see it coming! LOL

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[maratsade]

That's one handsome doodle bug, @MarkJFine. Or rather, no, no it isn't.  And yes, it does put one in mind of the Kahn ear worm.  

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@MarkJFine wrote:

The ones I saw looked like something Kahn put in Chekov's ear.

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[maratsade]

You know who's missing from this thread? @C0RR0SIVE. LOL

[val_t]

He may be packing my order at Amazon

ROFL

Val

[maratsade]

@val_t, he should check there are no doodle bugs in the box, or on him.  Just to be sure.  😉

[C0RR0SIVE]

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@val_t wrote:

He may be packing my order at Amazon

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I actually deal with WHD and a few other departments in the return chain. >.>

What's fun is when someone returns what is supposed to be a $1600 CPU, and they put a $200 Xeon in its place with an i9 sticker over the model number on the IHS...  Then you get to sit there flag the account, write a report, and forward it to someone higher up...  No need to say anything further. 🙂

[val_t]

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@maratsade wrote:

@val_t, I haven't a clue what doodlebugs are...I checked Google and got this.  Is that a doodlebug?

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no that is a roly poly or sow bug .... not sure if that is the scientific name LOL 

I put a link on that post.  was looking for another pic to add when you posted.

Val

[maratsade]

I don't mind ladybirds nor stinkbugs.  I don't pet them or anything, but they don't annoy me.  

[maratsade]

I found a ladybird in my wallet. 

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@GabeU wrote:

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@MarkJFine wrote:

We usually get a rash of ladybugs Aug-Dec during an Indian Summer when it hits around 70. Never this late... early?

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We have quite a problem with these around here.  They make nests in your home and if you don't catch them right away they get out of hand.  These are Japanese lady bugs, too, which are an invasive species.  I hate them. 

Oh, and they apparently woke up during that stretch of warmer weather we had a few weeks ago.  Did I say I hate them?  If not, I hate them.  😛  

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[GabeU]

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@maratsade wrote:

I found a ladybird in my wallet.  

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Jeez!  That's a new one.  They're trying to steal your money!  😛  

[maratsade]

It was a little odd -- I thought there was something like a button there that I had never seen before, until the "button" took flight.  And yes, I'm sure it was going for the money.

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@GabeU wrote:

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@maratsade wrote:

I found a ladybird in my wallet.  

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Jeez!  That's a new one.  They're trying to steal your money!  😛  

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[maratsade]

It's not the weirdest thing I've found in my wallet. It once had a very weird beetle type thing in it, something I had never seen before. It took me a LONG time to find out what it was.  It was a wheel bug. VERY weird.

https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/shrubs/note65/Adult2.jpg