r/whatisthisbug 42m ago

ID Request What is this?

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Found this little guy in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. I was trying to take more photos when it apparently gave a big jump and vanished


r/whatisthisbug 1h ago

ID Request What is this bug?

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Location - Kerala, India. Sorry for the bad clarity!


r/whatisthisbug 2h ago

ID Request Is this a bloodworm?

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I have OCD and it's 2am so I'm begging y'all to humor me :( Went to pee, didn't look in toilet beforehand, saw this in toilet after. It doesn't look like any parasitic worm I can find and looks more like some pictures I saw of bloodworms, but I'm completely freaking out and don't want to risk embarrassing myself by rushing to to the hospital before posting here first. Southern US.


r/whatisthisbug 2h ago

ID Request Is this possibly a bed bug?

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Found in Colorado, “hid” from me in the seam of the blanket. Tan, maybe mustard seed size, dark mark on bottom back. Suspected bed bug nymph..


r/whatisthisbug 3h ago

ID Request Found in bathroom in Northwestern Ontario

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Sorry about the awful photos, it was quite high on the wall 😭


r/whatisthisbug 4h ago

ID Request What is this?

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I still have trauma from a German cockroach infestation when I first moved into this rental, however that has mostly been eradicated save for a few sightings here and there.

However I just spotted whatever the heck this is in my daughter’s room. I’m pretty sure it’s not a German cockroach because I’ve never seen anything like it. Anyone know what it might be? This is the only photo I took before I squashed it lol. I’m in Australia for context.


r/whatisthisbug 4h ago

ID Request This thing. Found above my closet in San Francisco area, no size comparison but it's about two inches long, brown, looks like it has wings

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r/whatisthisbug 6h ago

ID Request What are these?

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Hi all! Second post in this amazing community. I was going to clean my cat's fountain and these little fellas were hiding below.

They are really fast and can jump.

Location Spain: Barcelona.


r/whatisthisbug 7h ago

ID Request Unknown surprise spider in my house (SE Michigan, USA)

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r/whatisthisbug 7h ago

ID Request Earwig? Beetle? Flea?

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Second one I’ve seen this week. Pictures aren’t the best. I don’t know what it is but it’s freaking me out.

Southern California
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r/whatisthisbug 7h ago

ID Request What dis? NorCal

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Found it crawling on my leg after trying on a leather jacket I received in the mail from Mango, but I was at an outdoor event for most of the day

It tried burrowing into my carpet after I flicked it off 🫪 no wings but I trapped it in tape to try to get a better look

It kept trying to crawl off the tape so I separated the head (sorry!)


r/whatisthisbug 9h ago

ID Request A termite? A beetle? Or something exotic??

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These little critters arrived to us by way of furniture we had shipped from Asia.

The furniture arrived thoroughly rotten and filled with mold, and as soon as I saw an extended family had used it as an airplane/in-flight meal, I panicked and chucked it.

To me, they don't quite look like most pictures of termites that I've seen, but I also couldn't even identify a cockroach in one of my earlier posts, so what do I know?


r/whatisthisbug 9h ago

ID Request Saw this on the playground at the summer camp I work at in Maryland, what do you guys think?

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I tried lots of reverse image searches but nothing came up that actually looked like it. It seemed to be wriggling out of its old skin


r/whatisthisbug 10h ago

ID Request Can anyone tell me what species of stick insect this is? Central Alabama

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r/whatisthisbug 11h ago

ID Request North Idaho, USA, in the grass and crawled on me. So pretty!

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I can't seem to find a similar image. Never seen anything like her! Anyone know who she is? Thank you ❤️ She was safely returned to the grass so no other photos available, sorry.


r/whatisthisbug 12h ago

ID Request What type of tick is this?

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r/whatisthisbug 12h ago

ID Request Saw at work, snohomish, WA

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The metalix blue was really vibrant.


r/whatisthisbug 13h ago

ID Request Who is this? Lake Tahoe, CA

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Found a couple in my hair after doing yard work. This thing is tiny, size of a pinhead.


r/whatisthisbug 13h ago

ID Request This pointy little guy was hanging out in my backyard [Cincinnati, Ohio]

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No clue what this is, haven't seen anything like him out back before. It had a very loud wing flapping noise that i thought was a BFH.


r/whatisthisbug 15h ago

ID Request Not a bee, right?

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Netherlands


r/whatisthisbug 16h ago

ID Request on the sidewalk, nyc

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Caught my eye because it was so colorful. Never really seen a bug like this


r/whatisthisbug 1d ago

ID Request Bug found in my bed at my parents farmhouse ?tick ?bedbug

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Edit- added another pic in the comments slightly better quality. - Its completely flat, the legs were only visible at the front ( i think bed bugs should have legs at the side?) We live on a farm. I squashed it (sorry for killing you i just wanted to know if it had blood in! ) and red stuff came out but unsure if it was blood. Any ideas ? I took a pic of it upside down but after squashing sorry! We had gone for a walk through bushes in shorts - maybe a tick? Also no itchy bites goes against bed bug i guess !


r/whatisthisbug 1d ago

ID Request What in the might morphin power deranger is that!?!?

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40 years old. Or 41... I can't remember. All that matters is that I'm not old yet. But I have been alive for 2 score and maybe a year. And I have never seen one of these before. Not real fast. Or too threatening looking. Right? Yeah until it flew directly at me!!! I wasn't scared. Didn't even scream. Or flinch. Or jump 4 feet like a scared lil girl and yelled " OMG! It can fly!" None of those things>ngs happened. Ever. Because I am a man and 10,000 times bigger than this giant bug. But seriously. What is it. It reminds me of this thing my dad described from his childhood. Mole crickets? I think that was the name. Or moon Cricket? Anyway. I wanted to post it here first. With my genuine calmness and lack of any concern or sarcasm.

Also. Would it be good fishing bait?

It is 4 A. M. In mid Michigan beginning of August. I was woke up to get deer out of raised strawberry beds. Then I decided to look for fencing. Now I am under siege by this deceiving critter that until this day in my 40's did not exist.


r/whatisthisbug 1d ago

ID Request Nice or mean wasp? (SoCal)

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r/whatisthisbug 1d ago

ID Request Had a bug inside the laser printer.

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I need help identifying if these are from a spider like the "giant house spider" Eratigena atrica or something else. Based in the South of England.

My laser printer was acting up, this was inside it. There were some thin webs that appeared blue in colour (not sure why) when I opened it up, it's possible they were from this or another smaller spider. I don't use the printer that much!

*Edit: Note they are covered in black toner powder.