Bug ID? (insect, not software)

[HN]

Have been seeing these in the office. about the size of an airsoft pellet. Any idea?

 

[lytalbayre]

Carpet beetle?

 

[eelw]

It's kind of cute looking

 

[Colt45]

some sort of beetle or weevil

 

[Markbnj]

That is the North African Ear Borer (borerus africanus horribilus). They breed in the thousands. The bright spots indicate the feeding cycle is about to start. You should probably get out of the house.

 

[HN]

different angle. third one today :|

 

[Markbnj]

In all seriousness I can't find a carpet beetle that they look exactly like, and carpet beetles are described as being a little smaller than what you have described.

 

[KidNiki1]

That is the North African Ear Borer (borerus africanus horribilus). They breed in the thousands. The bright spots indicate the feeding cycle is about to start. You should probably get out of the house.

omg i hate you! after bot flies, having a bug in my ear is just right up there on the creep-me-out-o-meter!


bllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh *shudder*

 

[Mermaidman]

Probably some type of hemiptera nymph. They sometimes show up in large numbers.

(Shield bugs, etc)

 

[HN]

Probably some type of hemiptera nymph. They sometimes show up in large numbers.

(Shield bugs, etc)

i think we have a match, except for the tiny sliver of orange:

Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)

http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~nprpic/webr...eteroptera/pentatomidae/nezara/nezaravir.html

 

[Jeff7]

That is the North African Ear Borer (borerus africanus horribilus). They breed in the thousands. The bright spots indicate the feeding cycle is about to start. You should probably get out of the house.

:biggrin:

 

[BladeVenom]

i think we have a match, except for the tiny sliver of orange:

They'll lose the orange on their next moult.

 

[MongGrel]

That is the North African Ear Borer (borerus africanus horribilus). They breed in the thousands. The bright spots indicate the feeding cycle is about to start. You should probably get out of the house.

:biggrin: