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#488191 04/04/18 07:42 PM
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WHEEL BUG

Most of my photo's are taken at the pond including the Wheel Bug.
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John Monroe #488231 04/05/18 07:42 PM
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Dang John! Put glasses on that bug and he looks just like the Heat and Mass Transfer professor I had in college!


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Never heard of a wheel bug. What does it do?


It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.

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Handle with great care!

"When disturbed, the wheel bug can inflict a painful bite. The bite has been described variously as worse than stings from bees, wasps, or hornets."

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/trees/wheel_bug.htm

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Rah very interesting information
I have actually seen these guys but thought they were some kind of stink bug

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I read that the Wheel Bug inject a poison in it's victim that dissolves the tissues, and then the bug sucks up dinner.

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Insects of this type inject digestive juices into their prey and then suck up the digested "food". They use the prey as their stomach.


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