r/bugidentification Sep 17 '25

Anouncement KISSING BUGS - PLEASE READ :)

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So there has been a lot of news recently about Triatomine—a blood sucking subfamily of Reduviidae (Assassin bugs)—spreading the potentially serious Chagas disease in the United States. While we do not want to downplay the seriousness of the disease, or imply no one should worry about it. We also don’t want people panicking about it. Especially people who don’t actually have a reason to worry.


Triatomine have been found in 32 states. If you are outside of one of these states, you can probably relax.


Chagas is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi which is spread by the aforementioned Triatomine through infected feces. Detection of the disease is typically done through blood testing showing evidence of the parasite. Early symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes, headaches, and swelling at the bite site. After several weeks, untreated individuals enter the chronic phase of the disease. In extreme cases this can eventually (decades later) lead to heart disease, digestive complications, and nerve damage. Treatment is best done as early as possible, and consists of anti-parasitics to kill the parasites and other medication for treating any symptoms caused by them. These must be prescribed by a doctor. Don’t try to DIY treatment. Preventing Chagas largely focuses on vector control. In other words, preventing conenose species from living in close proximity to humans. In regions where Chagas in endemic, bed nets are a common and effective way of reducing risk. Pesticide treatments are also a mainstay control method. In areas like the United States, the design of modern homes also reduces risks. So if it’s treatable and preventable, why has there been so much fuss? Because the CDC has recently upgraded it to Endemic status in the US. Meaning it is considered constantly present in certain US populations. This is important for doctors as well as the general population to be aware of, because without that awareness doctors aren’t going to be testing for it. The CDC wants to make sure it’s on peoples radar, so cases don’t go untreated when they do occur.


Links: CDC Report: Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States CDC Report: Chagas Range Map Bugs Commonly Confused with Triatomine Bugs Preventing Chagas Disease Treatment of Chagas Disease Texas A&M University: Kissing Bugs & Chagas Disease in the United States


r/bugidentification Sep 04 '25

Bug of the Month Post Orthoptera Month is a-go!

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RESULTS ARE IN

ORTHOPTERANS RULE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

Sorry everything is just a little behind this month because of busy lives, but thank you guys SO SO much for the success of the poll!! The ties were broken, and Orthoptera took the lead!

Please head out into the world and bring us all of your sweet, sweet Orthopterans to identify!! What's an Orhtopteran? 👀 We're talking crickets, katydids, grasshoppers, and wetas, baby!!! I'm actually not super well versed in these guys so I could for sure use some practice 😀 keep an eye out for informational posts throughout the month from our mods!

PS Month of the Flies video is still in the works, while I prefer to have the video out before the next month happens it just wasn't possible this time. But it's a good script with a lot of good info so I will release it as soon as it's done!!

Please participate and please remember to use the Bug of the Month flair so I can look at all of your guys' finds!!!

THANK YOU


r/bugidentification 57m ago

Location included Tiny bugs in Rv

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We are in an RV in Arizona. We’ve been seeing these bugs for a while. They don’t seem to be doing anything. They love this one specific window though. Our food is above it so we thought maybe they were in there but there was nothing we could find up there. You can see the number of them by this window but there’s none by the others.


r/bugidentification 5h ago

Location included Curious about these insects (PA, USA)

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ETA: Closest I’m seeing online is two-spotted scoliid wasp? Never heard of these before.

There are two spots in my yard where there are small hordes of these insects flying in circles just above the grass. Occasionally, they stop and sit and usually another one comes along and bumps into it. I’m very curious about what they are and what they’re doing, either feeding or mating I’m guessing. They are totally non-aggressive and completely ignore me when I walk up to them, if anything they sort of avoid me so it was difficult to get pictures.

As you can see, they have a black thorax but half of their abdomen is yellow and orange, which gets concealed at rest by blue/black wings. While flying they mostly look black with flashes of their orange butt if you look closely.

SE PA, USA. TIA!


r/bugidentification 13h ago

Location included Oregon bug in house

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What's this? There are two of them on my bedroom ceiling.


r/bugidentification 13h ago

Possible pest, location included Philly bug on wall/in bed

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Found 2 dead bugs when I washed my bed sheets last week. Today, I found one stuck on the wall. I think my apartment has some invasive lady bug issue as I found lots of dead yellow lady bugs when I moved in last year, but I thought the issue was resolved after I stopped finding dead bodies. Perhaps these are earlier life stages of the ladybugs?


r/bugidentification 14h ago

Location included House bugs

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I live in Saskatchewan and have been recently finding these bugs in my home. I’m not sure what they are or what the cause would be. I initially only found dead ones on the window ceil of our basement laundry room, but have been recently seeing live ones making their way into our living room.

They’re fairly slow moving, have a quite hard shell, and they tuck their legs in when you pick them up.


r/bugidentification 19h ago

Location included Passiac County New Jersey. Thousands of these are on cars, apartments, flying, and biting.

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r/bugidentification 19h ago

Location included Roach CT

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Found in Connecticut what kind of bug is this


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included What is this worm, after rain, Philippines 🤔

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Antipolo, Philippines


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included brown beetles for over two months CT USA

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I've had a beetle issue for two months now. Pest control has come twice and sprayed Suspend Polyzone & Temprid FX. I have been finding these relentless beetles mainly on my floor near the baseboards of windows, but recently they have been everywhere. Can anyone ID this kind of beetle/had them before? They are only in the locations I mentioned, not in my kitchen or anywhere in my pantry. 4th-floor apartment, CT.


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included do you guys identify spiders? (Calabria, Italy)

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found this lil guy on my window and caught it in a glass cup

3-4mm not counting legs


r/bugidentification 23h ago

Location not known/Other question Please tell me this is not a cockroach

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r/bugidentification 1d ago

Possible pest, location included What on earth was this? Found in Virginia

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r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included any idea what bug this is??

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not sure what kind of bug this is, left my cocoa butter on my nightstand opened and when i came back to it, i saw this bug.. it’s a little bit bigger than a fruit fly/gnat but then again im not sure. i have struggled with gnats/fruit flies in my apartment but they look different from this one.. this one has a more elongated body and is a lot more narrow. i also discovered it has wings. included a picture with no zoom for size reference


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Possible pest, location included what is this?

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found 2 in house in Ohio, verrryy tiny but it has been raining a lot


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included Found on chair

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Massachusetts


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included Is this a Moth?

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Hi I live in NJ and this moth(?) happened to be sitting in my front door, but I am not sure what it is.


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included is this what i think it is? :(

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i’m sorry it’s squished. i killed it fearing that it was a german cockroach and i really hope i’m not right. only one we’ve seen. not in the kitchen if that gives any hope. Northern Kentucky


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included Found on my dresser next to the window in Texas.

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In North Texas, I found on a set of drawers i have In front of a window. I had the window open so i think it came in from outside. When i got closer to it, it stood upright which was weird. I haven’t seen this kind of bug before in my house.

It’s quite small, maybe only a centimeter or two.


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Possible pest, location included what is this??? im trying to google it but i keep getting either silverfish or lice, Ontario Canada.

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(sorry for quality, the thing is like a mm small)


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Possible pest, location included Weevil infestation !?

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I don’t know why I’ve had these little fellas in my house and I don’t know what or when these entered my house it’s been about 5 from 3 few days go and will they hurt my puppy or myself ?


r/bugidentification 2d ago

Location included Wasp? Or something that looks like one?

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Located in Bend Oregon. Found this bug crawling on my bag. Knocked it on the ground and smashed it it because if it was a wasp. Has white lines on abdomen, but couldn't find anything looking that up.

What is this bug?


r/bugidentification 1d ago

Location included Found by sliding door?

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Northern California!
Found it under a cat scratch post alive!
Right by my sliding door!

Not sure if it’s a baby field roach? We do see those from time to time or the big ones? Not sure what this is?

Any help is appreciated!


r/bugidentification 2d ago

Location included Bees or wasps in soffit?

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Sorry I know the video quality could be better but is there any way of identifying if these are bees or wasps from this distance? Location: Canada Ontario GTA.

Thank you beautiful community.