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Here is a list of all our past Mystery Bugs. Last month's entries are listed at the bottom of the page. Thanks to all who sent in their guesses!

Mystery No.	Novice	Expert
1	Assassin Bug
2	Hickory Horned Devil
3	Yellowjacket	Hag Moth Caterpillar
4	Bedbug	Ladybird Beetle (Ladybug) Larva
5	Grasshopper	Common Stalk Borer
6	Black Swallowtail	Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
7	Cicada	Burying Beetle
8	Praying Mantid	Spittlebug Nymph
9	Cecropia Moth Caterpillar	Cicada Killer Wasp
10	Tiger Swallowtail	Earwig
11	Carpenter Ant	Green Lacewing
12	Honeybee	Flea
13	Scorpion	Wheelbug
14	Termite	Bee Fly
15	Damselfly	Giant Water Bug
16	Firefly	Centipede
17	female Black Widow Spider	Japanese Beetle
18	Luna Moth	Katydid
19	Arboreal Stinkbug	male Black Widow Spider
20	Bagworm	Stonefly
21	German Cockroach	Flour Beetle
22	Tick	Springtail
23	Spotted Cucumber Beetle	Eastern Tent Caterpillar
24	Eyed Click Beetle	Syrphid Larva
25	Carpenter Bee	House Centipede
26	Cecropia Moth	Brown Recluse Spider
27	Colorado Potato Beetle	Fishing Spider
28	Head Louse	Saddleback Caterpillar
29	Striped Cucumber Beetle	Squash Vine Borer
30	Praying Mantid Egg Case	Blue Bottle Fly
31	Roundheaded Wood Borer	Pine Needle Scale
32	Carpet Beetle Larva	Clothes Moth Caterpillar
33	Daddy-long-legs	Moonglow Aphids
34	Tree Cricket	Treehopper
35	Flea Beetle	Inchworm Larva
36	Tiger Beetle	Scorpionfly
37	Green June Beetle	Assassin Bug
38	Blister Beetle	Ermine Moth
39	Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar	Locust Borer
40	Mealworm Larvae	Potato Leafhopper
41	Madagascar Hissing Cockroach	Gypsy Moth Adult
42	Dragonfly	Velvet Ant
43	Ants and Aphids	Mosquito Larva
44	Monarch Butterfly Adult	Two-spotted Spider Mite
45	Pillbug	Hummingbird Moth
46	Paper Wasp	Caterpillar Parasitized by Braconid Wasps
47	Millipede	Mexican Bean Beetle
48	Bumble Bee	Indian Meal Moth
49	Wolf Spider	Bolas Spider
50	Butterfly Wing Scales	Viceroy Butterfly
51	Twolined Spittlebug	Calico Scale
52	Eastern Tent Caterpillar	Squash Vine Borer
53	Stag Beetle	Rosy Maple Moth
54	Tobacco Hornworm	Cave (Camel) Cricket
55	Antlion Larva	Io Moth Caterpillar
56	Silverfish	Patent Leather (Bess) Beetle
57	Garden Spider or Writing Spider (Argiope)	Robber Fly
58	Soldier Beetle (Leather-winged Beetle)	Leopard Moth
59	(Pecan) Weevil	Damselfly
60	Grasshopper	Blister Beetle
61	Stink Bug	Jumping Spider
62	White Grub	Io Moth
63	Scorpion	Tiger Beetle
64	Woollybear Caterpillar	Ichneumonid Wasp
65	Long-horned Beetle	Buckeye Butterfly
66	June Beetle (Junebug)	Planthopper
67	Paper Wasp	Oil Beetle (Short-winged Blister Beetle)
68	Mayfly	Carrion(Burying)Beetle
69	Hercules Beetle	Trapdoor Sider

University of Kentucky Department of Entomology

Original document: 3 November 1997
Last updated: 5 April 2004

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