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hlchamberlain
Jul 9, 2013, 12:52 PM
What type of bug is this? I found one on the stairwell and another one on the kitchen floor. 6 legs which are black and yellow. Curved antennae. Wings. Ant like but much bigger than a carpenter ant.

hlchamberlain
Jul 9, 2013, 12:53 PM
I forgot to include the picture:

/Users/Chamberlain/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Previews/2013/07/09/20130709-142841/fhcLNUGUTKCUsY3+1cjrVA/IMG_2189.jpg

N0help4u
Jul 9, 2013, 01:05 PM
I do not see any bug pic on there

hlchamberlain
Jul 9, 2013, 01:07 PM
Sorry NOhelp4u. Let's try this:
/Users/Chamberlain/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Previews/2013/07/09/20130709-142841/fhcLNUGUTKCUsY3+1cjrVA/IMG_2189.jpg

hlchamberlain
Jul 9, 2013, 01:09 PM
Ok, that didn't work for me. Trying to figure out how to post a pic. Looks a little like this:
Google Image Result for http://freethoughtblogs.com/zingularity/files/2012/03/P_dryococelus.jpg (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://freethoughtblogs.com/zingularity/files/2012/03/P_dryococelus.jpg&imgrefurl=http://freethoughtblogs.com/zingularity/2012/03/02/giant-insects-once-thought-extinct-now-in-successful-captive-breeding-program/&h=228&w=450&sz=23&tbnid=sg_6fJXEsKpsHM:&tbnh=61&tbnw=120&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dphasmida%2Bdryococelus%26tbm%3Disch%2 6tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=phasmida+dryococelus&usg=__OEDcG10HFoURm6RReEUsegMDLBI=&docid=LS-FKsSZSGAl_M&sa=X&ei=zW3cUd7xGajxyAH2mIHQAw&ved=0CDAQ9QEwAA&dur=26)

N0help4u
Jul 9, 2013, 01:10 PM
That is an earwig

Catsmine
Jul 9, 2013, 02:41 PM
The Google picture is of a Tasmanian walking stick, a giant insect thought to be extinct until recently.

NoHelp is probably correct in that what you have are more likely earwigs, which look like this

N0help4u
Jul 9, 2013, 04:40 PM
I got a different picture it was longer and skinnier and it had a thing coming out the front just like an earwig

Locrian_44
Jul 9, 2013, 05:36 PM
Walking sticks are classed in the Order Phasmida
Earwigs are classed in the Order Dermaptera

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