Devil Rider - Anisomorpha buprestoides

title edited

I removed the scientific name from the title because that info gets automatically appended to the title when an image is moved or posted to a species page. (having the scientific name appear twice, side-by-side, is redundant and looks rather silly)

… Robin McLeod, 21 September, 2005 - 1:52pm

Nice shot!

I see you are a new poster - perhaps you are not aware that you can post an image directly to a species image page - in this case here - when you already know the ID. It helps if you note how you came by the ID for the benefit of other users. To move a posted image, tag and then go to the image page in question and use "move tagged images" button.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 September, 2005 - 10:54am

My fault:-)

This person queried me at AllExperts.com with a link to this image, and I suggested they post it here, without giving detailed instructions. Sorry 'bout that.

… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2005 - 12:54pm

Welcome

Yes, welcome aboard. Nice photo of a neat find. Hope you'll keep posting, we need more images from south-central states like Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas.

--Stephen

Stephen Cresswell
Buckhannon, WV
www.stephencresswell.com

… Stephen Cresswell, 21 September, 2005 - 10:59am

Well I'm new here, and only have come to learn about these insects recently. I have been guiding my children out into the world of bugs....We found lots of these critters in our yard. After capturing a pair of devil riders my husband said: let them go and don't let the kids near them. One of his childhood memories is finding a bunch of them in an old refridgerator and they all started getting angry and spraying Well I was set on letting these two mate and let them go once their young were born :) After visiting these site, I was reluctant in letting them go but I knew it was best for the children. We now are only catching caterpillars!! After Halloween, I was out taking decorations off the fence-there was a pair mating and didn't realize I was just trying to get them out of the synthetic web and sprayed me; luckily only on my arm!!! But I had to ask very quickly if my daughter was alright-she was standing right next to me....scary little fellows. By the way we are in Northern Polk County in beautiful Florida!!

… amanda loughren, 14 November, 2006 - 6:58pm