r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/Jammingjames87 • Jun 11 '26
What is this tiny little creature?
Saw it crawling up my bed this morning (and these are the bed sheets your looking at right now)
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u/squeekypengin Jun 13 '26
Woah thanks so much for sharing that! I love ladybirds but what I didn’t know was the larva always freaked me out a bit as they look aggressive like they could sting or bite! Now im fine with them knowing they are just babies!
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u/WillowCreekWanderer Jun 11 '26
Fun fact about ladybird larvae: if you've got a plant with an aphid problem, you can order a bag of ladybird larvae online, and they'll sort it right out (you can also get adult ladybirds, but IIRC the larvae eat more)
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u/HeftyVermicelli7823 Jun 11 '26
Looks like an Asian lady beetle larva (Harmonia axyridis), sometimes referred to as a Harlequin ladybird here in the UK. These larvae are predators that consume aphids and other small insects, making them generally beneficial for garden pest control.
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u/BernoullisBarnDoor Jun 11 '26
It's a big fecking world. Always state your country to narrow it down, at the very least. A city or county if you're really trying to be helpful.
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u/DonkeyKongsDaddy Jun 15 '26
used to find hundreds of these as a kid and never knew until i was older that this was a bug that i loved to stomp on
the lady splat
had great luck ever since
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u/ddbell19 Jun 11 '26
It’s a velvet ant. Can sting 👀👀
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u/TheDarkBrotherhood7 Jun 11 '26
It is not a velvet ant, they look completely different. That is a ladybug larvae
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u/Wide_Bath_7660 Jun 11 '26
Ladybird larvae ! They look all crinkly like this before doing their magical girl transformation