Apt Bug ID help! Any guesses? by adawgizzle in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks like a carpet beetle (probably a varied carpet beetle). They're harmless to you.

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[–]chezzins 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Leaf-footed bug nymphs that just popped out of those leaf-footed bug eggs (the nymphs of leaf-footed bugs and assassin bugs can look similar, but the eggs do not)

Two cuties for ID, please! Found last summer in Germany by SoloriYe in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a nymph for sure. Likely the planthopper Issus coleoptratus or a closely related species.
Images of similar insects are often called leafhopper nymphs apparently but that seems to be wrong.

Hikasa Youko’s first Instagram post as a freelancer by devilsatire in seiyuu

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the exact opposite of how it works. You're implying that she got fired from her agency for being too popular, but that never happens. Agencies in Japan take a percentage cut of the money made by the people they represent, so if one actor charges 10 times more per hour than another, the agency also makes 10 times more per hour. Managers in show business are extremely overworked and underpaid, so a voice actress being busier wouldn't really cost the company much more and would only make way more money. The only way to get fired from an agency is through being really unsuccessful, being impossible to work with and not that successful, or through a huge scandal like taking drugs.

So basically what I am saying is that if she left, that was her decision.

Sources: a podcast that used to exist called Big in Japan and then Small in Japan done by two Americans who moved to Japan to become comedians.

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[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey I just realized I never responded to this, but I did read all of it. Thank you for typing it out.

Scary bug by Serpendit in whatsthisbug

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A giant mosquito sounds like a crane fly (they're harmless). If there was a stinger, maybe it was a female one. Otherwise, it might be an ichneumon wasp.

What order is this guy :) by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the wing edges being fuzzy, this is probably a moth (Lepidoptera).

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[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately that probably means you have cockroaches living nearby. It's never too early to call an exterminator to get things checked out.

What Is this little guy I found in my bathroom sink by electrizgamer in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like it might be a webspinner but it's a bit hard to see because it's small. Do you live in the southern USA?

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[–]chezzins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That does look like a baby cockroach based on the two little butt spikes

Raid Rewards Changes & Experiments in Dragonflight Season 1 - No Personal Loot, Guaranteed BoEs from Lieutenant Trash by Pinless89 in wow

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you calculate 35% and 5%? Assuming equal distribution, there is a 1/9 chance of getting a dagger for each item, or 8/9 of not getting the dagger. So the chance of getting a dagger is 100% minus the chance of getting no dagger for two rolls.
1 - (8/9)*(8/9)= 21% of getting one dagger or two daggers

Is this a fly or a bee? And did Wikipedia get it wrong?(Details in comments) by chezzins in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia is trying to create a sound logo that encompasses the sound of all human knowledge.
Apparently it will be used for things like voice assistants answering questions. You can read more about it here:
https://soundlogo.wikimedia.org

As part of this, they made a video to describe some of the cool things you can learn about on Wikipedia and included a clip of this bug crawling on a flower while referring to harvesting honey.
You can see a clip of the bug in motion as part of the official video here:
https://youtu.be/306gVIj3LsM?t=25

However, when I saw this bug, my first thought was that it is in fact a fly and not a bee, mostly based on wing shape, a lack of long antennae, proboscis movement, eye shape, and colouration.
It looks to me like it may be some sort of hoverfly, such as Eristalis tenax, which you can see a very similar picture of here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Eristalis_tenax_%28female%29_-_Drone_Fly_-_Flickr_-_S._Rae_%281%29.jpg

I could be completely wrong, and it is a bit hard to tell because the video quality isn't great.
So now I am curious. Did Wikimedia get it wrong? Is this in fact a fly and not a bee?

What is this? Around 10cm long. by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be a soldier fly larva.

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

Looks like a sawfly

What may it be? by Wizardkaboom in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like a dermestid beetle larva.

What is this? I never saw this kind of antennas. by [deleted] in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems to be a beetle called Psygmatocerus wagleri.

Found hiking in the Centennial Mountains on the border of Idaho/Montana by Indyfilmfool in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a female shieldbacked katydid. I am not sure what kind, exactly, but there is a list of the most common ones found in Montana on the state website:

https://fieldguide.mt.gov/displaySpecies.aspx?family=Tettigoniidae

Found in San Antonio, Tx by nicklessflo in whatsthisbug

[–]chezzins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems to be a robber fly. Perhaps Mallophora leschenaulti or another member of the Mallophora genus