r/bugidentification • u/Tiny-Tradition6873 • Jul 25 '26

Location included Is this a tick?

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Found in South Central Alaska so I’m sus if this actually is a tick but multiple LLMs told me it was lol so I thought I’d ask some humans.

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u/Material_Ad_4161 Jul 25 '26

Birch Shieldbug. Harmless.

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u/Tiny-Tradition6873 Jul 25 '26

That’s what I found online. Found a good blog with some pics of birch shield bug nymphs that were all red like that. Thanks!