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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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Re: WHEEL BUG John Monroe #488231 04/05/18 07:42 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 Boone County Illinois Bill D.
Bill D. Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 6,080 Likes: 1 Boone County Illinois	Dang John! Put glasses on that bug and he looks just like the Heat and Mass Transfer professor I had in college! Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!

Re: WHEEL BUG John Monroe #488275 04/07/18 05:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,555 Likes: 411 Hurst & Bowie, Texas D Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker
Dave Davidson1 Moderator Lunker D Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 16,555 Likes: 411 Hurst & Bowie, Texas	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. Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done. Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP Grandpa

Re: WHEEL BUG Dave Davidson1 #488277 04/07/18 06:04 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,807 Likes: 340 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile... R RAH Lunker
RAH Lunker R Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,807 Likes: 340 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile...	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 Last edited by RAH; 04/07/18 06:05 AM.

Re: WHEEL BUG RAH #488286 04/07/18 08:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,119 Likes: 236 Oakwood,Texas P Pat Williamson
Pat Williamson P Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,119 Likes: 236 Oakwood,Texas	Rah very interesting information I have actually seen these guys but thought they were some kind of stink bug

Re: WHEEL BUG John Monroe #488304 04/07/18 07:39 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,105 East Central Indiana J John Monroe Member
John Monroe Member J Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,105 East Central Indiana	I read that the Wheel Bug inject a poison in it's victim that dissolves the tissues, and then the bug sucks up dinner. Last edited by John Monroe; 04/07/18 07:40 PM.

Re: WHEEL BUG John Monroe #488327 04/08/18 09:01 AM
Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,807 Likes: 340 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile... R RAH Lunker
RAH Lunker R Joined: May 2009 Posts: 5,807 Likes: 340 Indiana, Boone County, 25 mile...	Insects of this type inject digestive juices into their prey and then suck up the digested "food". They use the prey as their stomach.