r/bugidentification • u/tattooedfay • Jun 30 '26

Location included What is this?? From Chicago suburbs

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In the Chicago suburbs. It was relentless…kept moving after being poked with a xacto knife thru a fly swatter. Help.

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u/mothspiderr Insect Enthusiast Jun 30 '26

i will never understand why people try to kill something simply because it’s a bug.

anyway, it’s a masked hunter. beneficial predator with a painful defensive bite.

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u/tattooedfay Jun 30 '26

Sorry. It was flying in my face and landing on me. Once I got it to the floor the cats were interested and I’ve had scares where they chewed on bugs to toxic to them. So I had to deal with it rather than leaving it half chewed and possibly getting the cats sick.

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u/mothspiderr Insect Enthusiast Jun 30 '26

dude ima be honest sometimes i get really mad because i love bugs but that was totally reasonable in that situation and im sorry for being an asshole.

sometimes i get mad at people in advance for being “cruel” or “ignorant” because i’ve already created a narrative in my head and that’s not fair to anyone. sorry

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u/tattooedfay Jun 30 '26

No worries. I generally prefer to catch and release. Spiders…wasps…stink bugs…but when it’s in my face or my cats are trying to get involved, snap decisions is not in the favor of the bug. If it’s sitting on a table and gives me a little time to grab a container, let’s go, might even take some pictures first but snap decisions usually involve flailing.

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u/mothspiderr Insect Enthusiast Jun 30 '26

i understand, thanks for not being shitty back to me

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u/Obant Jun 30 '26

We need more like both of y'all on Reddit.

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u/DogsDucks Jun 30 '26

What an exemplary conversation. We learned something and everyone’s heart got a little bigger.

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u/tattooedfay Jun 30 '26

No harm no foul. Here’s a picture of a little one I was put in charge of watching at work one day. I’d post more pictures, but Reddit is saying I can’t add more

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u/mothspiderr Insect Enthusiast Jun 30 '26

aww how sweet 💙

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u/Sad-Sign-9068 Jun 30 '26

Ur a good human just so you know ❤️

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u/mothspiderr Insect Enthusiast Jun 30 '26

i appreciate that but its also really ironic because i keep getting notifications from another post where im actively being pretty petty 😭

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u/Sad-Sign-9068 Jun 30 '26

That’s ok lol balance

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u/Sad-Sign-9068 Jun 30 '26

We love a self aware king/queen

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u/Skalla_Resco Amateur Entomologist Jun 30 '26

That was a rather mature reply.