Does anyone know what kind of insect this is?

[Trina P Holub]

I took this photo a few days ago, and really like it due to the drops of water on the insect; it had just rained, I live on the East Coast of the US, in New England, if that's any help.



Thanks for looking at this photo and trying to help me identify this insect. ;-)

[Janna E.]

Looks creepy - no idea! But six legs say it's not a spider...

[Cherrill]

Calling @robv.............a type of longhorn beetle? or a soldier beetle? Robert will no doubt come to your rescue :-)

[Cam]

Looks a bit like one of these... http://bugguide.net/node/view/20176/bgimage
(that's an amazing website by the way!)

[Cherrill]

@ukcam I think you could be right!! and yes that is a great web site.

[Trina P Holub]

@ukcam That IS a great site! I'm thinking, from the shape of the thorax area, it may be closer to this one: http://bugguide.net/node/view/514963/bgimage

[Trina P Holub]

It seemed to be a juvenile beetle..it was very small, and kind of looks "not done yet" if you know what I mean. :-)
I bookmarked this site, thanks so much for sharing it! @ukcam

[myla]

Hey, I had one of those on my coffee cup yesterday, not the dark red lily eating beetles though, unless it a young-un. Mines name was Harold.

[Trina P Holub]

@myla Mine was really shy. He didn't tell me his name, and as you can see,he was kind of trying to hide underneath the flower. Maybe later I'll out up the first pic I took of him. It was from the top of the flower, and then I saw the crazy antennae sticking out...that's how I found him.

[Robert Velten]

@Cherrill was on the right track, it is a Soldier Beetle. Family Cantharidae, possibly a species of Cantharis. Nice find and capture. @ukcam

[Lacey Gautreau]

@robv Almost looks like a potato bug in the face/arms! Now those are freaky. I dare you all to google one!

[Trina P Holub]

@jannaellen @ukcam @myla @robv @laceyjogautreau @Cherrill

Thanks everyone for all your help!
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[Danny Davies]

Hi. I believe Robert Velten has your answer, it's a common beetle here in the UK. I was looking myself, so could add it to my photo's.

[Annie Charalambous]

Yep, that's a bug!

[Trina P Holub]

@indiannie_jones LOL You may be correct, Annie!

[Trina P Holub]

@dannydavies Yes, I bow down to Robert Velton's vast knowledge on the insect world. :-) @robv

[Annie Charalambous]

@5unflow3r Happy I could help!