http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/03/18/no-lady/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Thu, 17 May 2012 13:43:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/03/18/no-lady/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Tim Eisele Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:23:53 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/no-lady/#comment-514 I think it has its head tucked underneath so you can't see the mandibles. This was one of my first insect pictures, and I'd been nudging and poking it so much that it was hunkered down and trying to ride things out. They do have large-enough mandibles, one of them bit S_ a while back and she said it was fairly painful. I think it has its head tucked underneath so you can’t see the mandibles. This was one of my first insect pictures, and I’d been nudging and poking it so much that it was hunkered down and trying to ride things out. They do have large-enough mandibles, one of them bit S_ a while back and she said it was fairly painful.

]]> http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/03/18/no-lady/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Donna W Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:39:57 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/no-lady/#comment-513 That isn't an Asian lady beetle in the picture. Asian lady beetles have mandibles that protrude from their stinking little faces. I should know, we're invaded by them every autumn when the farmers harvest all the soybeans. That isn’t an Asian lady beetle in the picture. Asian lady beetles have mandibles that protrude from their stinking little faces. I should know, we’re invaded by them every autumn when the farmers harvest all the soybeans.

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