Help please Bitten

[Phil]

Can anyone please identify this bug as it bit me on the top of my foot. It left a stinging sensation and itchiness. Any help would be much appreciated Thank You
Phil:P:D:eyepop:

[Matt Wastell]

Ugly brute!
No idea sorry!

[multiweb]

:eyepop: I'd call MIB asap. ;)

[supernova1965]

Pam my wife doesn't think it is dangerous she thinks it is a bed bug but she is researching it more now

[[1ponders]]

Its not dangerous. It looks like a form of ant lion, the laval/nymph stages of Damsel flies. As you can probably guess they are carnivourous

[el_draco]

Tony Abbott :D

[wasyoungonce]

I am in stitches.!:lol:

Well played sir!

[Phil]

Its not a bed bug because i got it on me outside. I think it is Tony Abbott lol haha

[Phil]

Its only about 1mm long and it stung like a bee
and it has pollen on it

[ballaratdragons]

Don't panic, it's just a 1mm Pollen Abbott.
Will suck your brain matter out your left ear, that's all :lol:

[miki63au]

Phil your biggest problem is infection.
Once, I had an inch-ant (with a attitude problem) in my gardening booth.
White man can jump I can tell you, given enough incentive!
However the itchiness and pain subsided a couple of days later and I forgot about it.
A week later my foot blow up like a balloon! The GP told me it's an infection, havy antibiotics for 2 weeks. He scared me, saying I can loose me foot if the infection get in the bone!

Just monitor the situation and if any redness around the bite after a day or two, see a GP!

Good luck,
Mick.

ps: it's look like KRudd to me, after the nightclub! :)

[Phil]

Thanks everyone for the info
p.s. i'm still alive

[Davros]

I think it definately has red hair.

[PeterM]

Red Hair, hmmm PM Gillard perhaps? it has red hair. Oh, Oh must remember TOS. Phil your still alive after 90 minutes that's gotta be good.

PeterM.

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

At first I thought it was the aperture bug, first time it has ever been captured.

Cheers

[bartman]

IntereSTING......
Had a quick look seems like an Antlion with a short neck and a moth antenae...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25258027@N02/4503635406/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Maybe its a baby?

hope this helps
Bartman

[ballaratdragons]

I have been doing a bit of research and so far it seems to be a baby Termite.
:shrug:

but personally it doesn't look like a termite to me.
I'll keep looking.

[ballaratdragons]

Found it!!!

:cool::party2::jump2::clap:

You can relax!
It is the larva of a Green Lacewing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33119087@N02/3485196974/

http://wildparty.typepad.com/home/insecta-lacewings-neuroptera-chrysopidae/

"Some lacewing larvae cover themselves with a defensive "trash package" of debris that makes them unappealing to predators. Often the materials are the remains of the aphids, scale insects, thripses, or other tiny soft-bodied insects that the lacewing larvae prey on."

"This is a larva of a green lacewing Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). They are general predators on other soft-bodied arthropods, and thus usually considered beneficial. Like many biting insects, they occasionally will 'sample' a human for no apparent reason, but their bite is harmless."

:thumbsup:

[bartman]

Well Done Ken!!!
I was looking at the Neuroptera bugs and thought it might be one of them!
good onya!
Bartman

[Phil]

I think we have a winner. This is it for sure.
Thanks again everyone.
Phil

You can relax!

It is the larva of a Green Lacewing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33119087@N02/3485196974/

http://wildparty.typepad.com/home/in...a-chrysopidae/ (http://wildparty.typepad.com/home/insecta-lacewings-neuroptera-chrysopidae/)

"Some lacewing larvae cover themselves with a defensive "trash package" of debris that makes them unappealing to predators. Often the materials are the remains of the aphids, scale insects, thripses, or other tiny soft-bodied insects that the lacewing larvae prey on."

"This is a larva of a green lacewing Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). They are general predators on other soft-bodied arthropods, and thus usually considered beneficial. Like many biting insects, they occasionally will 'sample' a human for no apparent reason, but their bite is harmless."

[M54]

Talk about the ugly duckling!:eyepop: Lacewings are sooo beautiful!

[M54]

See...

[miki63au]

That is green, so it's Bob Brown.


Sorry, I couldn't help :scared3:

Mick.

[DavidU]

That's a nasty looking critter !

[Octane]

Molly, that is one majestic insect. Wow.

H

[Suzy]

So is it still alive after you took the pic or did you "splat" it :question:.

[tlgerdes]

Can't be Tony, it's not wearing speedo's and the ears arent big enough.:lol:

[el_draco]

Quite correct, and, on closer examination... I notice its got more impressive marriage tackle...:D

[ballaratdragons]

Fascinating how it loses those evil looking snappers and ends up with a beautiful head.

[Osirisra]

Was just thinking the same thing...