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**WapSaibiar** · 10-19-2010, 10:06 PM

Does anyone know what are these??? Are they harmful for plants or other "good" insects? They are on a friend's roses and she mentions that they have eaten most spiders and bees and butterflies...!

TY for any help!

and this plants...

**Katoabralia** · 10-19-2010, 10:53 PM

No idea, but if they eat other bugs, they're probably no threat to plants.

**Ufkkrxcq** · 10-20-2010, 12:11 AM

Well, the first one is a assassin bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae
Not harmful for plants but for other insects.

The second one with wings is also a bug, but I don´t know what it will eat, insects or plant juice.

The last one is a weevil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curculionidae
They eat plants.

I don´t think your friend should kill them ... only if there are too much of them. That´s nature.

**Mugflefusysef** · 10-20-2010, 12:32 AM

assasin bugs and a weevil! Kill the weevil!!!

**RsQhyZyR** · 10-20-2010, 05:04 AM

....or maybe the assassin bugs will kill the weevils?....

**WapSaibiar** · 10-20-2010, 02:28 PM

Thank you Ricky!!!!

Eric, good suggestion, but maybe valenzino is right...

**ManHolDenPoker** · 10-20-2010, 03:08 PM

First four are Asassin Bugs. The first two are the nymphal stage, second two are adults. Last is a Weevil, which are chewing beetles. I don't know if there are an wevils taht are specifically harmful to orchids that are native to our latitudes.

**Vomazoono** · 10-20-2010, 03:09 PM

I like and trust assasin bugs, but I would not rely on this one killing the weevil... I would take that job myself!

**WapSaibiar** · 10-20-2010, 04:10 PM

Ramon, it is amazing that what you said the way you said it, is greatly combined with the emoticons of your signature...hehehehehehe

Brian thank you very much for the id...!!!

**AnthonyKing** · 10-20-2010, 09:20 PM

Asassin bugs spread Chagas disease to humans.

They bite you while you sleep.

**Vomazoono** · 10-20-2010, 09:26 PM

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**Vomazoono** · 10-20-2010, 11:32 PM

well, let's put it this way.. I grew up in a zone where Chagas was endemic

and we had lots of bugs of any king around the house in South America

lots of assasin bugs too, and no one in my family have ever had Chagas yet (I hope this does not change!)

**AnthonyKing** · 10-20-2010, 11:42 PM

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**Vomazoono** · 10-21-2010, 12:33 AM

Actually, those can bite also during the day, and you can get infected also by killing them with your hand... I used to work with Chagas during one semester while studying Biology in Venezuela... most people don't even know how to get infected and do not even recognize the real bugs... we started a campaign to educate people and were surprised when they started to bring stink-bugs to our lab for analysis....

**WapSaibiar** · 10-22-2010, 12:28 AM

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10-19-2010, 10:06 PM	#1
WapSaibiar Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 370 Senior Member	Pest/incsect id???? Does anyone know what are these??? Are they harmful for plants or other "good" insects? They are on a friend's roses and she mentions that they have eaten most spiders and bees and butterflies...! TY for any help! and this plants... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Katoabralia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	No idea, but if they eat other bugs, they're probably no threat to plants. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Ufkkrxcq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 359 Senior Member	Well, the first one is a assassin bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae Not harmful for plants but for other insects. The second one with wings is also a bug, but I don´t know what it will eat, insects or plant juice. The last one is a weevil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curculionidae They eat plants. I don´t think your friend should kill them ... only if there are too much of them. That´s nature. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Mugflefusysef Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 540 Senior Member	assasin bugs and a weevil! Kill the weevil!!! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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WapSaibiar Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 370 Senior Member	Thank you Ricky!!!! Eric, good suggestion, but maybe valenzino is right... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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ManHolDenPoker Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	First four are Asassin Bugs. The first two are the nymphal stage, second two are adults. Last is a Weevil, which are chewing beetles. I don't know if there are an wevils taht are specifically harmful to orchids that are native to our latitudes. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Vomazoono Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	I like and trust assasin bugs, but I would not rely on this one killing the weevil... I would take that job myself! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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WapSaibiar Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 370 Senior Member	Ramon, it is amazing that what you said the way you said it, is greatly combined with the emoticons of your signature...hehehehehehe Brian thank you very much for the id...!!! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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AnthonyKing Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 574 Senior Member	Asassin bugs spread Chagas disease to humans. They bite you while you sleep. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Vomazoono Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	well, let's put it this way.. I grew up in a zone where Chagas was endemic and we had lots of bugs of any king around the house in South America lots of assasin bugs too, and no one in my family have ever had Chagas yet (I hope this does not change!) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Vomazoono Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 436 Senior Member	Actually, those can bite also during the day, and you can get infected also by killing them with your hand... I used to work with Chagas during one semester while studying Biology in Venezuela... most people don't even know how to get infected and do not even recognize the real bugs... we started a campaign to educate people and were surprised when they started to bring stink-bugs to our lab for analysis.... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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