Insects in sump...

bangtran · Apr 11, 2020

dreamcatcherr9 said:
Sorry. Was it in the water or around the sump?

Only found them twice so far either on or in the sock.

MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

bangtran said:
The creature on my finger is what was on the sock.

I see 2 things on the sock in the pic above

MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

One is some.sort of beetle. The other, the pic of the creature on your finger is dried up/dead amphipod. Seen loads of them over the years and I have no doubt that is what is on your finger.

bangtran · Apr 11, 2020

Under belly of the unknown beast!

MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

This is what's on your finger...

bangtran · Apr 11, 2020

MTBake said:
One is some.sort of beetle. The other, the pic of the creature on your finger is dried up/dead amphipod. Seen loads of them over the years and I have no doubt that is what is on your finger.

You are incorrect. sorry. the thing on my finger IS one of the two insects that were on the sock ring. I'm not sure how much more clear I can be about that.

MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

bangtran said:
Under belly of the unknown beast!

That is a beetle

35ppt · Apr 11, 2020

MTBake said:
One is some.sort of beetle. The other, the pic of the creature on your finger is dried up/dead amphipod. Seen loads of them over the years and I have no doubt that is what is on your finger.

Are you looking at this on a phone? There are no amphipods pictured. I see some kind of terrestrial beetles.

bangtran · Apr 11, 2020

MTBake said:
That is a beetle

that is the same exact thing on it's back from the picture above.

MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

35ppt said:
Are you looking at this on a phone? There are no amphipods pictured. I see some kind of terrestrial beetles.

Wow. After looking at it on my lap top, I totally agree. There is one pic that really looks like an amphipod though. Smh

Sierra_Bravo · Apr 11, 2020

MTBake said:
Wow. After looking at it on my lap top, I totally agree. There is one pic that really looks like an amphipod though. Smh

I say don't give in now. . . I was admiring your tenacity.

Like the kid who kept eating the onion just to prove to his Mom he was right about it being an apple

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MTBake · Apr 11, 2020

Sierra_Bravo said:
I say don't give in now. . . I was admiring your tenacity.

Like the kid who kept eating the onion just to prove to his Mom he was right about it being an apple :

I still say it's a harmless scavenger

vetteguy53081 · Apr 11, 2020

9975 said:
No those are stink bugs

Stink bug

Plenty here in WI

9975 · Apr 11, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
Stink bug

Plenty here in WI

Sorry not necessarily "the stink bug" but that's what we have called them for as long as a can remember. I believe they are the Asian beetle someone said but they stink horribly if you crush them hence the nickname

bangtran · Apr 12, 2020

I agree, I'm sure they are harmless but I would really love to know what they are just because they are all over the saltwater and not the fresh water in my cats bowls a few feet away.