Can anyone tell me what these bugs are?

Factual Questions
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I beleive there is an actual factual answer to this, but it is more of a mundane and pointless sort of a question. My 3 yo daughter got a giant bug collection for Christmas. It was her idea and she loves them. However, I don’t know what all the bugs are. And, she keeps asking me what certain bugs are - she’s very inquisitive.

So, here’s the pictures of the bugs from the site:
Giant Bug Collection

I know the obvious ones, but there’s quit’e a few that I don’t. And, googling “bug species” really isn’t helping.

I’ll put some numbers on that bug pic when I get a chance. Even if there is an entomologist out there, it’ll be tough to describe which one is being identified. If there’s any of those bugs that you need a better picture of to identify, let me know and I"ll take some close ups.

Thanks for reading! Hope someone can help.

2

Which are the obvious ones for you?

3

Here’s a pic of the bugs in 5 rows.

Bugs 1

And here are some more angles:

Bugs 2
Bugs 3
Bugs 4
Bugs 5
Bugs 6
Bugs 7

Lets use the first pic for reference. #1 will be the upper left, #6 will be the first bug on the second row and so on.

1 2 5 6 7 8 10 11 14 15 18 & 21 Are the ones I know. The rest I haven’t a clue!

4

1 = dragonfly
2 = grasshopper
3 = tiger beetle
4 = ground beetle
5 = praying mantis

6 = tarantula
7 = cicada
8 = scorpion
9 = beetle, need to check which kind
10 = bumblebee

11 = housefly
12 = beetle, need to check which kind
13 = rhinoceros beetle
14 = cricket
15 = wasp

16 = scarab beetle
17 = cockroach
18 = carpenter ant
19 = stink bug
20 = beetle, need to check which kind

21 = butterfly
22 = longhorn beetle
23 = stag beetle

I’ll see if I can figure out the rest of the beetles.

5

I would like to point out, just to be a nit-picking penant, that only one or two of those models represent true bugs - some are not even insects.

6

20 = dung beetle

7

It’s perfectly correct to refer to all these critters as “bugs” in common English.

From Merriam Webster:

Insisting that “bug” only be applied to members of the order Hemiptera is not only pedantry, it’s not even correct pedantry. It’s only proper within the field of entomology, not in general English.

8

12 I think this may be a metallic wood-boring beetle, but am not sure

9

You should show her a wheel bug, sometimes called a ninja bug. Google on some images and check this thing out! We were at a kids bday party when one started crawling across the screen over window where the bday girl was opening presents! Ugly and weird sucker!

10

Colibri, Thanks much. That’s a huge help. I can’t have my daughter thinking I don’t know all the answers yet! :slight_smile:

If you can find out on the beetles that would be great, but for now we’ll just call all of them beetles. She seems satisfied with that answer.

11

Jinx, that sucker is creepy. We actually saw one of those outside last summer. I guess they prey on those Japanese Beetles, so their numbers are up.

My daughter kept calling it “that crazy buggy”. I got a video of it on my phone - maybe a picture too. I’ll upload it if I can find it.

12

Nothing out-creepys this guy:

13

Ha I spelled it wrong, now I’m penitent. In the name of fighting ignorance, I just like people to be aware of what a true bug is. It’s not that I object to the common use of the word, just that most people don’t know there is a scientific definition of the word too.