I found creepy prehistoric looking bug on my plant after I brought it in from outside tonight..I shook the plant to try and get rid of any bugs but I guess he was latched on.. At least I hope I don't have these things breeding in my house.. I left the room, came back and he was sitting on it. Never seen this before. *you might have to zoom to really see it, he has a neck 0_o Also, any advice on why my plants look like this? Definciency? I'm thinking calmag because I'm using filtered water and didn't use calmag the first couple waterings.. I removed the fan leaf in the picture because it was dying.
Entomologist here, Thats a muutha-fuckin' Snakefly! They are a living fossil! Edit: THESE ARE GOOD GUYS.... Although scary the large stinger-like abdomen is used to lay eggs, in bark or rotting wood. They are also known to lay eggs in the soil near the base of shrubs too. They are a predatory insect and EAT APHIDS AND MITES. Even their larvae are precocious, thought to feed on insect eggs of other species. Also side note there is a theory that snakeflies eat pollen as well. Which would be useful if a hermie issue occurred!
I I didn't know what it was so I took some small boxes and like slices the leaves off trying to kill it :/ I read that it is basically a Jurassic insect predator creature and now I'm sad:/ I hope it's okay but I probably scared the shit out of it or unfortunately killed it:/
I was telling my 8 year old earlier about how we don't kill spiders in our garden (veggies) or any bugs unless they're hurting the plant. Food for thought. My Journal
That bug had to be sacrificed so you could learn a lesson haha Sent from my VS985 4G using Grasscity Forum mobile app
