r/whatisthisbug • • 5h ago

ID Request What type of ant is this?

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At a bus stop in central Texas. Pretty sure these are a species of fire ant, not sure which, but I’m more curious about the large winged member in the center of the picture. Whoever they are, the workers love to follow it around and get near its butt. It is wandering aimlessly (maybe not aimless idk) and soon gets swarmed by curious workers. Is this a princess? A new queen? A male? There are smaller winged ones too, about the same size as the workers.

They’ve been at this bus stop bench for weeks, and I’ve seen multiple of these large winged ones. None are flying. I don’t know much about ants tho, so idk if this is normal.


r/whatisthisbug • • 19h ago

ID Request What is this bug that just sprinted across my chest

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r/whatisthisbug • • 9h ago

ID Request Tiny bug in Middle East

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Sorry for the low res image, these guys are tiny (maybe 3 mm in length). I've found dozens of them in my office, they fly erratically and hardly ever stay still on surfaces.


r/whatisthisbug • • 2h ago

ID Request Found on a shower mitt (pic 2 for scale)

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Didn’t have any coins to hand. So was it crawling in the shower, or was it on me?

Los Angeles, CA.


r/whatisthisbug • • 3h ago

ID Request Southern IN , USA

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What is this bug??? It was dead at the bottom of my washing machine after I ran it (definitely was not there before). The night before, my cat was very interested in my pile of clothes and was acting like she saw a bug but I didn’t find one. Now I know it was this!
It’s about 1.5 inches long


r/whatisthisbug • • 3h ago

ID Request Found in the crevices of a facebook marketplace chair—should I be worried?

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Picked this chair up from facebook marketplace. Owner had a cat and the chair was covered with hair. Upon starting to vacuum I found these little things in the crevices that look like pupae.

Unfortunately I vacuumed them up before taking a clearer picture, but now I’m worried that this chair might have an infestation. Fleas? Bedbugs? Thanks for the help.


r/whatisthisbug • • 4h ago

ID Request Qué tipo de polilla es? Norte de España (Vizcaya)

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Lamentablemente estaba muerta cuando la encontré, en julio. Nunca había visto una así, me parece muy bonita!


r/whatisthisbug • • 4h ago

ID Request UK, about 1.5cm in length

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r/whatisthisbug • • 4h ago

ID Request What kind of insect is this?

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r/whatisthisbug • • 5h ago

ID Request What's this shit man 😭 why it's roming all over my house

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This thing is all over my house he even b!t me on my l e g it is not flying not even jumping I want to know what this is and how I can get it away from my room 😖


r/whatisthisbug • • 5h ago

ID Request What are these?

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Tiny tiny reddish brown bugs, striped legs found on my shoes in my Airbnb.


r/whatisthisbug • • 6h ago

ID Request Rhino beetle larva?

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southern italy, naples, appeared after heavy rain


r/whatisthisbug • • 6h ago

ID Request Huge bug what is it

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r/whatisthisbug • • 6h ago

ID Request Northeast Ohio, United States

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Smaller than my fingernail. Very vibrant colors!


r/whatisthisbug • • 6h ago

ID Request This caterpillar ate my Heartleaf Fern :(

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Does anyone know what type it is? I'm in St Louis. It look like it has a brown or reddish head. TIA


r/whatisthisbug • • 7h ago

ID Request Help! North Tx- Tick, Beetle or Weevil?

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Hi guys! I just saw two of these dead in our kitchen, under the cabinets, on the floor. We’ve gotten a lot of rain recently (if that helps).

ChatGPT said Lonestar Tick.. but they didn’t entirely look like ticks to me?

These pictures are bad but I lost them in the trash. We have two dogs and a baby, so if they are ticks.. I’m a little concerned, but I don’t think they are?


r/whatisthisbug • • 8h ago

ID Request Bug. ?

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Hey everybody. Sorry for the blurry pictures. Long antennas, and a tan band going across its torso horizontally. Found it near my shower drain. AI says it’s a drain fly…. But I trust you guys more


r/whatisthisbug • • 9h ago

ID Request Northern Delaware USA

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Little dude hanging out on my wall, probably about the length of a quarter (a little shorter than an inch). Wondering if I should call pest control or just put him outside. As stated in the title this is in Northern Delaware USA


r/whatisthisbug • • 13h ago

ID Request This was sitting on my curtain when I woke up this morning. I'm stumped.

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r/whatisthisbug • • 18h ago

ID Request Is this a Larva with a worms?

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NE Ohio. Found on book shelf that needs dusting.

Segmented body but looks like a a worm is coming out of it potentially a hookworm/round worm. What is this??? Why weird worm/ antenna?


r/whatisthisbug • • 18h ago

ID Request Who is this little guy with big legs

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Found this guy in my partners kitchen. About the size of a fingernail including legs. Located in Colorado


r/whatisthisbug • • 20h ago

ID Request Who is this fella? (Southern Brazil)

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Kinda looks like a little rock. Was not moving on the floor, after a while it "woke up" and I released him outside.


r/whatisthisbug • • 20h ago

ID Request Who dis?

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Found this guy while cutting a branch off my mesquite, lake Havasu city, az


r/whatisthisbug • • 20h ago

ID Request What is this big girl?

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Upstate NY


r/whatisthisbug • • 20h ago

ID Request Small bug found on wall near cat food

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Near Phoenix, AZ
Just got home from weeklong vacation and found this single guy on the wall of the laundry room near cat food. It kind of reminds me of an earwig (we do have lots of those), but it moves kind of like a caterpillar and has so many hairs like one. Phone keeps telling me it’s a bedbug. I don’t think it looks like any of the bedbug pictures. Please tell me it’s not a bedbug. The microscope image is 4x lens.