#r/whatisthisbug

[coldclawer]

In my experience of scrolling bug subreddits, bug identification posts usually are one of these

guys what is this thing? it looks like a brown recluse

*picture of a camel spider*

2. hey guys I saw this litte buddy out in my yard and i wanted to know who they are

*picture of them holding a giant waterbug with their bare hands*

3. please tell me this isnt what i think it is

*picture of a fat fuck bedbug*

[samuraisharkie]

me, seeing a cool looking bug outside and taking pictures

the bug:

[freefallingup13]

Huh.

a wizard is going to turn you into a random animal! whether you like it or not! how nice of them! spin the wheel to find out which class your new species belongs to (and then probably do a google).

[garaks-padded-bra]

r/whatisthisbug

[thatonecrustysock]

r/whatisthisbug

[mortimermcmirestinks]

me: ooh, a subreddit called /r/whatisthisbug! surely this will be a fun subreddit where I can see some cool bug pics :)

the subreddit:

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. hope it's not a bedbug!

[picture of a ladybug] the fuck is this freaky shit?

[picture of a mosquito] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of thousands of writhing maggots] found this in my dinner. is this bad?

[picture of a regular cicada] this is a Mongolian Death Snake, right?

[picture of a flea] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of an engorged tick filled to the brim with lyme disease and covered in blood and arsenic and malaria and it has DON'T TOUCH THIS painted on it with a huge skull and crossbones] found this cute lil guy and let it bite me! what a sweetheart <3

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a house centipede that is pixel-for-pixel identical to the one in the sidebar under header reading "Commonly-Posted Bugs (check this list first!)"] what is this?

[picture of a cool bee] what kind of bee is this?

[5 pixel by 3 pixel image] what kind of spider is this?

[picture of a bedbug] what kind of spider is this?

[picture of a harvestman] what kind of spider is this?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of the coolest-looking bug you've ever seen, like, it's got antlers and fairy wings and there's iridescence and it glows in the dark and it squirts out pristine $500 bills every thirty seconds and it sings hauntingly beautiful music] just squashed this disgusting fucker. what was it?

[picture of a bedbug] saw this in my bed. is it a bedbug?

[picture of a wall covered six inches deep in termites] my landlord said this wasn't anything to worry about but I'm worried. are these bedbugs?

[babywarning]

oh my god, please elaborate on weevil time! it totally makes sense that its an internet bit I'm not familiar with... my coworker was probably dropping a casual reference to see if we moved in the same online circles, which we clearly don't lol. please give me the reddit weevil time lore!

haha of course!! its mostly just a subreddit meme which explains its randomness. here’s a recent-ish post where it happens in the comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisbug/s/QxVuU5FIZ1

the dedicated weeviltime subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/weeviltime/s/qeoJGGRa4W

and someone asking the question you have: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisbug/s/N5W1VJiJlz

its generally because they are cute <3 hope this helps!

[guyonthisplanet]

I spend my days getting downvoted on r/whatisthisbug for calling every spider a brown recluse

[ghoul-wizard]

Following all of the identification subreddits like r/whatisthisfish or r/whatisthisbug have left me with a fantastic knowledge of strange and unique flora and fauna and a terrible curse of knowledge that people will just open palm raw skin pick up any random creature that they don't know and bring it into their house.

The sheer volume of posts of people going "what is this fuzzy caterpillar" or "what is this colorful sea creature?" With them holding in in their bare hands is HAUNTING. Don't touch shit if you don't know what it is!!!

[coldclawer]

The bug and spider subreddits are a gift from god and I adore them very very much

[marigolian]

I have both a Hive OC named Weevil and a Hive/Ice OC name Lanternfly and, well, the r/whatisthisbug subreddit is very opinionated about both of these bugs.

[invertebeast]

Finally some good r/whatisthisbug

Kraft Mac n Beetle (larva)

[streetlegal1978]

people will post in r/whatisthisbug of them holding some bug with reckless abandon and the comments are all like “I know your ass isn’t cuddling the north american skin melting caterpillar 😭”

[bellocan]

one of my fave reddit specific memes has to be weevil time on r/whatisthisbug. boots n snoots!

[megatraven]

somehow i started getting recommended posts to r/whatisthisbug and 99% of the posts are weevils (which i can now identify thanks to their snoots n boots, thank u reddit) and i get so excited seeing a new recced post on my page asking "what bug is this?" and knowing when i click into it all the comments will be "SNOOTS N BOOTS N SNOOTS N BOOTS N SNOOTS N BOOTS" and "IT'S WEEVIL TIME!!!!!!!!"

however the 1% of other posts are about spiders and roaches and bedbugs and i do NOT like those but i did learn how to identity a brown recluse from a southern house spider so it's not all bad. that said i cannot join the subreddit in case it tries to put more non-weevils on my page

[havoxel]

i love r/whatisthisbug so much everyone look at these lil guys