Saw a bug I never saw before, what could it be?

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Yesterday I was standing outside my house and saw something floating through the air. But then I noticed it wasn't floating, it was flying, erratically at that. I stuck my arm up and it landed on it. Now the bug looked like a white wisp. Kinda like something that would fall off a dandelion. White and fluffy. It crawled on my hand for a minute then flew away. I was just wondering what kind of bug this was. Oh I live in the Chicago land area of Illinois, in the United States of America. Thanks for any help.

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http://www.insectidentification.org/

Better site than whatsthatbug.com =x

Anonymous · Answer

Could be a white fly. Not true flies, they are from the Order Homoptera. Here's a pic of one species:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Weisse-Fliege.jpg

666300 · Answer

I think I have seen the same kind of bug here on the east coast. Not sure what it's called though.

Polaris · Answer

More than likely a Woolly Aphid.

Anonymous · Answer

Sounds kinda like a deformed snow moth.

Lowly · Answer

I have seen them too...almost like a tiny faerie floating around..or a fuzzy gnat...

they seem very fragile; but so much of nature is possessed of a resilience that is almost legendary...

If you get an ID on this bug, please post it.

Anonymous · Answer

Daddy short legs

Anonymous · Answer

maybe its like a vinaguroon or somthing u shoulda put a pic up

Anonymous · Answer

I think it's maggots one time that happened to me

? · Answer

You should send a pic. of it.

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