what is this? (bug)

[Fayd]

i find em occasionally in my house.. never bothered to photograph one till now.

as a side note, if you want to live in the delusion that your walls are fairly clean, don't *ever* do macro-photography on objects on the wall.

it's maybe 1.5-2mm long.

 

[highland145]

scale?

Looks "fuzzy"....moth?

Edit:There's a smily face on it's back with a gotee.

 

[Fayd]

scale?

Looks "fuzzy"....moth?

edited. moth not possible. not anywhere near big enough.

edit: whoa, timewarps are back.

 

[TheHashmaster]

There's a smily face on it's back with a gotee.

haha there is!

 

[Muse]

Looks like a beetle, actually a lady bug. You can post to (link a photo) an entomology newsgroup for certainty. Try:

sci.bio.entomology

 

[edro]

Definitely a Beetle of some sort.
It has a hard shell, wings, antenna, etc.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/beetles/

 

[Spineshank]

Reminds me of a stink bug.

 

[destrekor]

Unless you honestly care about the specific scientific naming convention of this individual species, it's basically a beetle. Honestly, it's one of the taxonomic classifications I put the least amount of effort into research or anything (I find just about everything interesting, and tend to research everything at some point. I love learning new things like that, just... make sure it's on my own time (or pay me and let me do it however I please)).
It's pretty much the largest group of species imaginable (at least, for insects iirc). There are millions of individual species.

Posting the image to a taxonomic website as suggested above, is probably the best route if you want absolute detail on that individual bug in question.

 

[lxskllr]

Reminds me of a stink bug.

^^^

The color/pattern is different then we have here, but the shape looks like stink bug to me. Squash it, and see if it stinks. The smell actually isn't entirely unpleasant, but it's so cloying and pervasive, it's pretty bad.

They go in houses in the fall, and wakeup in the spring when it starts getting warm.

 

[BladeVenom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varied_carpet_beetle

 

[destrekor]

^^^

The color/pattern is different then we have here, but the shape looks like stink bug to me. Squash it, and see if it stinks. The smell actually isn't entirely unpleasant, but it's so cloying and pervasive, it's pretty bad.

They go in houses in the fall, and wakeup in the spring when it starts getting warm.

I don't know if we even have stink bugs around here.
Does the smell attract other bugs (either other random bugs, or specifically more members of the same species) ?

I know the invasive "false ladybug" (Asian species I think) releases a smell when killed/smashed, that attracts more of the bastards if they are nearby (over time - it's not like they swarm the area once they learn a brother has been killed ).

 

[lxskllr]

I don't know if we even have stink bugs around here.
Does the smell attract other bugs (either other random bugs, or specifically more members of the same species) ?

I know the invasive "false ladybug" (Asian species I think) releases a smell when killed/smashed, that attracts more of the bastards if they are nearby (over time - it's not like they swarm the area once they learn a brother has been killed ).

Stinkbugs have been a huge problem in the mid-Atlantic region the last couple years. They're an invasive species from Asia(go figure), and destroy fruit crops. I don't think they're particularly harmful from a homeowner perspective, but they''re irritating as hell, and can take over a house.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It does indeed look like a stink bug, just a different pattern. Rub your finger against it's back and smell it. Or just smell it directly, but that's kinda risky putting a small bug that close to your nostril.

I think I killed every single bug in my house. Have not seen a bug since like September lol.

 

[Iron Woode]

It does indeed look like a stink bug, just a different pattern. Rub your finger against it's back and smell it. Or just smell it directly, but that's kinda risky putting a small bug that close to your nostril.

I think I killed every single bug in my house. Have not seen a bug since like September lol.

it is most definitely not a stink bug.

the shape is wrong. We have loads of them all over SWOntario in the summer. Stinky little bastards.

We also have click beetles. Those are cool.

I found some toad bugs when I was a kid. They were neat.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah not a stink bug, but could possibly be a species of them or something. Though more that I look at it, the shape does indeed not seem right. Maybe it's a lady bug that joined the army.

 

[highland145]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varied_carpet_beetle

:thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZgnJ_fdGY