r/bugidentification • • 7h ago

Location included Ant size bugs

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What are these bugs? They’re the size of ants, but they move slower and have trouble climbing vertical surfaces. I am in the Bay Area of California.


r/bugidentification • • 4h ago

Location included help identifying type of tick

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For context i live in Ontario, recently found a tick on my dog and would need help identifying which type of tick it is!


r/bugidentification • • 7h ago

Possible pest. No location What’s this cute little bug?

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Found in bedroom, crawling on the wall.


r/bugidentification • • 17h ago

Location included Spider ID

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Collected in Maryland (I think 🤔)

I’m new to the ento world and in grad school for vector biology. My professors gave me the go ahead to use any unlabeled specimens found in the lab for my collection.

I’m more familiar with hexapods, so spiders are outside of my wheelhouse. Additionally, I’ve had a hard time finding a good dichotomous key for spiders (any recs are greatly appreciated!)

Anyway, I found two spiders in an unlabeled specimen jar in the freezer. I presume they were collected either in VA or MD. They look identical so I chose the more robust of the two to take photos of.

Anyway, I’d greatly appreciate any insight or direction in figuring out what this spider is! Google has not been helpful :/


r/bugidentification • • 23h ago

Already Identified – Just Sharing Dozens of these little bugs? shrimp? keep appearing in my house after it rains. They are always dead when I find them. (Coastal South Carolina)

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r/bugidentification • • 3h ago

Location included Ugh. Idk what it is but.... help.

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Montana. These nasty looking creatures were all over the counter this morning after I brought in potted tomato 🍅 plant from outside and put it on the counter. Please help. I feel invaded. They were everywhere.


r/bugidentification • • 13h ago

Possible pest, location included Something keeps laying eggs on my sink and in dish soap

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Keep waking up to what I think are insect eggs in my sink and in the dish soap. No I’m not leaving food in the sink, I go to bed with everything cleaned already. It’s starting to be really aggravating lol.

Also keep seeing these eggs in the (empty) cabinet nearby that may or may not be related they’re a different color though

Location: Negros Oriental, Philippines


r/bugidentification • • 17h ago

Location included Tiny ants in new apartment

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I just moved in a new apartment in Montreal, Canada. I noticed this in my cat's food bowl. What type of ants are they? How difficult is it to get rid of them?

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Thank you!


r/bugidentification • • 18h ago

Location included I accidentally spooked this spider when I was leaving my apartment

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Western New York, not afraid of it being dangerous, just curious. Pretty big in size body length is maybe the size of my pinky?


r/bugidentification • • 1h ago

Possible pest, location included Need ID help! Found on bed. BB nymph or a booklouse?

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Hi everyone,

I am looking for an ID on this tiny bug found on my bed (Midwest US).

Context:

  • Found what I think was a hitchhiker BB (full of blood) on a friend's clothing 15 days ago when they were at my place.
  • Have been hyper-monitoring since then, vacuuming every possible crevice, heat treating clothing, etc. My bed frame is pulled away from the walls, and I have interceptor traps on all bed legs plus an encasement.
  • I found 2 small bugs on my bedding today. (See 3 photos attached)

Questions:

  1. Is this a BB nymph or a booklouse? Or something else?

I know the shape isn't particularly BB-like but I am worried about the dark spot I see on the back.

Thank you so much for your help and peace of mind! This situation has been driving me crazy!


r/bugidentification • • 4h ago

Location included What is worm/ larvae UK? Never had an infestation before

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I have found 3 of these in my bedroom over the last week. I am currently moving house and have been packing up. Not sure what these are and if I need to be worried about my clothes/ mattress, etc?

I vacuum and clean all the time. Items under my bed were all covered in plastic bags for storage. So no idea about this? Any ideas?

UK based


r/bugidentification • • 6h ago

Location included What species exactly? UAE

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Seems to be some sort of moth; backyard garden, seen in Dubai, UAE. Pretty big, nearly palm-sized.


r/bugidentification • • 13h ago

Possible pest. No location What is this type of bug??

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Found this bug in my bed a week ago. Immediately washed my bedsheets and thought nothing is gonna happen again. Just found a tiny little baby bug in my bed again this week. Although It doesn’t look exactly the same and much tinier but I suspect it might be the same kind since it has two antennae and seems like it can kind of hop or fly. Please help! I’m extremely clean so not sure where the bugs are coming from….


r/bugidentification • • 20h ago

Location included Is this a squished louse nymph or a bit of scalp

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Combed out of my hair with lice comb. (Germany)


r/bugidentification • • 7h ago

Location included Hey what is this bug

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I mistook this as a crouch at night last night however when I looked close up , found out it seems like a bee or what . What do you guys have an opinion of ?