false bombardier beetle in my house

Is it the same bug or different but related? As unwanted visitors go, you could do much worse than this False Bombardier Beetle. To the people who laugh at the BugLady’s album of indoor bugs, she has this to say: Researchers studied 50 homes in Raleigh NC, cataloging every arthropod they saw. When threatened, the Bombardier beetle presumably squeezes some HQ’s and HP into the OE in the reactor chamber, where the chemicals mix and produce a thermodynamic reaction—smoke, mirrors, liquid and heat—that can be precisely aimed. They look creepy and are rather annoying.

For information about UWM’s fall semester plans, visit the Like other media in the period between Christmas and New Year’s, this is a rerun, though it is slightly enhanced from its original appearance eight years ago. Formic acid smells bad and is noxious to vertebrate and invertebrate pursuers alike.

Her mashed potato serving bowl made a perfect backdrop for this beetle.

They can be found in woodlands, backyards, and moist areas. This False Bombardier Beetle (Galerita janus) (probably) has dialed it back just a bit. You can compare your image to photos on BugGuide. This is a False Bombardier Beetle, Galerita janus. Could that somehow be attracting them?Please enter your username or e-mail address. Located in south central Iowa.I find at least one False Bombardier Beetle in the house a day.

False Bombardier Beetles are a member of the Ground Beetle family, which is large and diverse.

Both inorganic and organic chemistry were a mystery to the BugLady, but not, apparently, to the Bombardier beetle.

Thank you! 1997)”. It was the only page I found helpful! They are hard to squash.I have several in my converted basement home in Kansas, but their legs are black.

The very flexible trailing end of its abdomen houses, along with the usual insect paraphernalia, two large glands (one left, one right), each with its own “exhaust pipe.” Each gland is divided into two sequential chambers separated by a valve. (How do I upload a picture?) Their The Brachinus Bombardier beetle, not pictured here, is a chemical marvel.

They found 10,000+ specimens and concluded that each home averaged 93 species from 62 families of insects and spiders, with some larger homes topping 500 species.

My first encounter was a few days ago, I woke up in the middle of the night to one of these crawling up my neck into my hair(literal worst nightmare). Thanks.I found one today and I am planning to release it into my vegetable garden in hopes that it will eat any destructive pests there.Let me just start by saying yes, I am one of those people with an irrational phobia of bugs!

Do they normally bother humans this much! For years, the BugLady misidentified this leggy, inch-long beetle as a Bombardier beetle (genus Both are in the Ground beetle family Carabidae, a group of (mostly) dark-colored, speedy, long-lived, nocturnal carnivores. Hi Michael, This is a False Bombardier Beetle, probably Galerita bicolor. False Bombardier Beetle This False Bombardier Beetle (Galerita janus) (probably) has dialed it back just a bit. They can still spray repulsive chemicals, so not sure where the “false” applies!

According to Eaton and Kaufman in their This volatile load is not carried around “as is”, it is assembled on demand. According to BugGuide, the False Bombardier Beetles in the genus Galerita: “eat other insects, especially caterpillars.” BugGuide also notes they are found in: “Open woodlands, under stones, leaves. Come to lights, sometimes wander into houses.” Formic acid smells bad and is noxious to vertebrate and invertebrate pursuers alike. Its spray consists mainly (80%) of concentrated formic acid (which is also deployed by ants), with some acetic acid and wetting agents thrown in. They meander along rocks, logs and leaf litter, and may be active at night as well as during the daytime.

But—the BugLady promises that it does not contain elves, reindeer, Grinches, chipmunks, snowmen, or Jimmy Stewart. It’s found in open woods and brush piles (and the BugLady’s basement and bathtub), where it often preys on caterpillars (but not in the BugLady’s bathtub). Trade Secret #1 is that insects, being both cold-blooded and quick, are slowed down a bit by a brief sojourn in the refrigerator (a longer stay, alas, accidentally kills them).