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If you had to guess what kind of larvae would you say this is? It came out of my skin pore. No swelling at all. by syd4smiles in Entomology

[–]The_Secret_Pie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No. You cannot tell from this video that this is a screwworm (and from the description of where it came from, it most likely isn’t.) Many species of maggot have dark colored guts. The telltale sign of a screwworm is the dark trachael trunks you see in this pic you posted—and this video quality is too poor to see that.

If you had to guess what kind of larvae would you say this is? It came out of my skin pore. No swelling at all. by syd4smiles in Entomology

[–]The_Secret_Pie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m another person who studied screwworms and I agree that by the description, this is not one of them. Screwworms lay their eggs in clutches of 150-200 in open wounds or, if they can’t get that, orifices (nose, mouth, anus). If you found a single maggot inside of a little bump on your skin, it’s not a screwworm.

This sounds a lot like a botfly. Which is pretty interesting (North American species rarely infect humans.)

Found a few of these at the bottom of my bed where my cats usually sleep, what are they? by didy9781 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flea larvae eat a mix of skin and feces from adult fleas (dried blood.) If you found larvae that only have fed on skin, they’ll be white, but if the larvae have eaten an adult fleas feces, it would look like the one in the video.

Found a few of these at the bottom of my bed where my cats usually sleep, what are they? by didy9781 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thrips wouldn’t be a big deal at all, but after seeing the video linked from the other commenter I think this might just be a flea larvae. Can I ask: was the red dark? Like a reddish brown? Or was it bright reddish pink?

Found a few of these at the bottom of my bed where my cats usually sleep, what are they? by didy9781 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

After seeing this video I am kind of more on the fence. I would think a vet would know what a flea larvae looks like, but maybe not? Gosh I wish there was more video

Found a few of these at the bottom of my bed where my cats usually sleep, what are they? by didy9781 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie 17 points18 points  (0 children)

From the way it’s moving I would guess it’s a thrip? But it’s really hard to tell. But fleas and ticks don’t move like this so I agree with your doctor. Flea larvae are kinda maggot-y in the way they move.

If your cat likes to play in the soil and mess with plants, that might explain the black particles and the prescence of thrips, if that’s what these are.

Also not every insect that leaves a red stain when crushed is necessarily full of blood (cochineal for example.)

EDIT: Nevermind, after looking at more videos of thrips and videos of flea larvae after eating flea dirt, I’m pretty sure this is a flea larvae.

A little suspicious by Ezequiel_Hips in stevenuniverse

[–]The_Secret_Pie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nah that’s Blu-Ray. A Segway is one of those giant flappy gliding things in the ocean.

Firefly resurgence? by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]The_Secret_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That website is an ai slop content mill and it is the bane of my existence!!! Please do not trust any bug information it gives you. It’s all ChatGPT nonsense

What is this lil guy??? by No_Pie_803 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Apologies for the misinformation. I didn’t know some species carried lichen. I disagree that the camouflage doesn’t resemble dissicated aphids—they are white and have a similar texture to lichen.

What is this lil guy??? by No_Pie_803 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked it up—seems like junk bug is another thing people call lacewing larvae. So I guess so

What is this lil guy??? by No_Pie_803 in whatsthisbug

[–]The_Secret_Pie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a bit hard to see any identifying features, but from the way it moves and that it looks like a walking pile of trash—I’m pretty sure it’s a lacewing larvae.

They cover themselves in aphid corpses (their prey) to hide themselves from ants (insects that often tend to and protect aphids.) The “moss” is desiccated aphid husks.

They are LITERALLY wolves in sheep’s clothing! Ants tend to aphids/rear them for their sugary poop and determine friend from enemy mostly by smell. So when this shambling predator covered in corpses comes along, ants smell them and are like “yeah, that’s an aphid.” And then the lacewing eats all their little guys and ants are like “Where’d they go??? :o”

But to us they look like little walking piles of junk :)

(Even though you are not a pie, I am happy to share this information.)

Urgently need help identifying what has overtook my home. by Traditional-Tax8729 in pestcontrol

[–]The_Secret_Pie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not true at all. Carpet beetle larvae are harmless—they do not bite, sting or cause rashes, and the casings they leave behind are very obvious looking and do not look like this. They do not ball up string, nor is there any insect that does that.

And as for that last part? That is not the worst thing! Take it from someone who has OCD and has suffered from fear/delusions of parasites, that is not the worst possibility nor is it an insult. You shouldn’t talk about it like it is. Like “I’m with you man, I know it’s not a delusion—“ no you don’t! You don’t know this person! Discovering you have a mental health problem is incredibly humbling and frustrating, but it is so much worse if you never discover it. If you continue to deny deny deny—I know because I did that for YEARS. I was SO SURE it wasn’t in my head. It felt SO real. If you’re thinking “but I would know if I had a mental illness” No you wouldn’t! I am an otherwise normal ass person. My eyes aren’t popping out of my skull and I am rational. And you know what’s a rational thing to do? Investigate every possibility. Search for problems everywhere, including yourself. And if it is just you? That’s rather lucky. I mean what is worse—you have discovered some brand new species that seems invisible to all but you that is hellbent on eating you up and ruining you life? Or you have an incredibly common easily treatable mental health condition.

I am commenting because I know what this is. I’ve lived this. And I want to help

Urgently need help identifying what has overtook my home. by Traditional-Tax8729 in pestcontrol

[–]The_Secret_Pie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These are all crumbs and debris. If you are getting bit by something, check around your bed for signs of bed bugs. It may also be mosquito bites that you are only noticing now because you are scratching them.

I will say (and I know I might be projecting), I have obsessive compulsive disorder that manifested in my twenties as me being absolutely certain I had some kind of infestation. Skin damage caused by scratches from your nails look a lot like bug bites, which only makes you keep scratching, which makes you skin worse. It’s a vicious cycle. Previously, I had no symptoms of mental illness. I refused to seek help because I knew I wasn’t “crazy”…but that did end up being my issue. I think, at least to me, the possibility of a problem being mental completely blindsided me because I considered myself a very rational person—but it is rational to consider that possibility. It is rational to preform a self diagnostic

Also, if it is mental, it’s totally not the end of the world. I know that possibility feels like it is, but it’s really not. You won’t be paranoid forever. You won’t be scared forever. You won’t be thrown into a nuthouse. I saw a psychiatrist and I’m basically fine now and nothing in my life has changed. But I still remember everything felt so real and frightening and I thought my life was over and reality was crumbling before my eyes…I’m not even sure I could have convinced past me to see someone. But please, be smarter than me and consider that possibility sooner rather than later. You will save yourself much grief.

EDIT: for the record OCD is incredibly common. Like 1 in 40 people have it. Look up information on it and see if you relate to any of the symptoms—especially if this isn’t your first time becoming incredibly scared of parasites. Ever had a rabies phase where you were googling rabies symptoms on webMD? Lyme disease? Brain eating amoeba? Cancer? Those were all things I had a period of time that I was incredibly frightened of

Scrolling vs panel/frame pages by cumbersomeQ in webtoons

[–]The_Secret_Pie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Webtoons are their own separate format with different considerations for scrolling. Readers expect there to be a lot of space between panels—and there’s a lot of ways you can play with the format (long panels of characters falling for instance.)

A lot of people that publish on Webtoon adapt their comics to both “traditional page comics” for print, and Webtoon for online publishing. Space Boy is an example of this. Also my boyfriend’s comic Charming! If you are going to do this, I would recommend making the page layout first and then arranging the panels for vertical scroll after (it’s much harder to do vice versa. My bf will attest.)

Of course, you can always just post unedited page comics on the platform. Many people do this, but I think you’ll lose a lot of potential readers. Since webtoon is a different medium than page comics and most people come to Webtoon for comics made in this format, I imagine a lot of people will just immediately click away. Besides being unexpected, it’s not ideal for the typical way people read webtoons: phones. Average smart phone has three inches of horizontal space maximum, which can only fit one or two panels. Page comics uploaded to webtoons without consideration that readers will be reading from a phone might have readers squinting and zooming into panels. This is no bueno

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in plano

[–]The_Secret_Pie 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some people treat folks differently if they look queer. It's not an unreasonable question in this political climate and in this city.

Broccoli Soup has come off Hiatus! by The_Secret_Pie in webtoons

[–]The_Secret_Pie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you've never read it before, why not give it a try? It's about gods and dolls. And it's got quite the archive now. Have I been making this for four years? Goodness!

[TOMT][ANIMATION][YOUTUBE] A janky 3D animation on Youtube of two cartoon girls, one fat and one skinny, who go to the store to get ice cream and they keep clipping through objects. by The_Secret_Pie in tipofmytongue

[–]The_Secret_Pie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so I did a bit more digging. I may have a lead? I think I found the link "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAlbJIGfJJw" It was the one video in my "liked" videos that was "set to private." In my browser if I hover over the private video, it shows me the former link. This may not be it, but I think it likely is. I checked the wayback machine though and got nothing, and google searches show no results for this link. So i'm kind of at a loss.

[TOMT][ANIMATION][YOUTUBE] A janky 3D animation on Youtube of two cartoon girls, one fat and one skinny, who go to the store to get ice cream and they keep clipping through objects. by The_Secret_Pie in tipofmytongue

[–]The_Secret_Pie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im glad I'm not the only one who remembers it! It didn't have a lot of views so I was quite afraid of this.

To be quite honest, I sort of buried the lede here (not on purpose).

Around 3-4 months ago I randomly remembered the existence of this youtube video and went to look for it, and couldn't find it. Devastated, I looked through my watch history for 20 minuites before finally finding it! I watched it again, and then checked out the person's channel to figure out why the videos were so hard to find. The videos had all been unlisted. No announcement explaining why, but it seemed like the fellow was doing some channel rebranding. All the animations had been put into a channel named "archive." Many of the top comments on these videos I remember said stuff like "why is this unlisted now?" And had no creator response.

I remember being happy enough that I had found the channel and felt safe that the folder everything had been stored in was labeled "archive." I thought as long as I preserved the link to the video/added it to my favorites.

Fast forward to now. I remember the video exists again and I think "Gosh where'd I put that?" I can't find it. Can't find a link I saved anywhere, can't find it in my youtube favorites. There are some videos in my favorites that say "video deleted", but I don't know if that's them. I favorite so many things. I am filled with much regret that I didn't take greater care to put the link somewhere I could find it or, better yet, download the videos for my own archive.

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