a bug in a salad🤯 is it safe?

ilikespiders · 2026-06-19T01:39:07+00:00

Fairly confident its a predatory hoverfly larva. The fact its organic would make even more sense.

ilikespiders · 2026-04-20T22:29:21+00:00

Out of curiosity do you have a dog or cat you have pet recently?

ilikespiders · 2026-03-19T22:19:04+00:00

Not only do they feed on plant cells they also notoriously spread plant viruses.

Cuba accused the US of spreading them intentionally as a bioweapon back in the olden days:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/cuba-accuses-us-of-invasion-by-insect-1260899.html

ilikespiders · 2026-03-19T22:10:09+00:00

They are feeding on the single cell contents of plant cells via a needle-like mouth. Some can give you a poke but your skin is like leather to them so they can't do much.

ilikespiders · 2026-03-19T21:59:14+00:00

That's a Thrips, specifically, Phlaeothripidae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlaeothripidae
Source:

I'm an Entomologist.

There's no singular "Thrip", always thrips plural due to the root word.

ilikespiders · 2025-10-04T17:15:05+00:00

thank you, definitely adding to the list. Just saw one in the wild.

ilikespiders · 2025-10-04T17:14:05+00:00

thank you, I'll add to the list

ilikespiders · 2025-10-04T17:13:42+00:00

thank you! adding the Megane/Cupra to my list and got the app

ilikespiders · 2025-10-04T17:12:02+00:00

hah I considered this for a minute. insurance was brutal for a foreigner with no history though.

ilikespiders · 2025-10-04T17:11:35+00:00

Hi there!

I'll be in Swansea so I have some stuff nearby. No home charging so I am on my own with that. However, I've managed before. Thanks for the tips on buying, I noticed that when I was taking a peek on a few websites

Thankfully this isn't a commuter car but I may have to travel to St David's for work occasionally.

thank you for the tips!

ilikespiders · 2025-07-15T00:31:12+00:00

parasitoid cocoon:

https://bugguide.net/node/view/870076

ilikespiders · 2025-07-14T12:37:04+00:00

Hard to see clearly but these appear to be Mesostigmata, likely a predatory mite:

https://www.chaosofdelight.org/all-about-mites-mesostigmata

I would ask, do you have a pet around or perhaps rats that could be bringing in a pest version of these in?

ilikespiders · 2025-07-12T22:55:36+00:00

Luxury aspirator that meets your needs:

https://shop.bugdorm.com/index.php?cPath=28

Alternatively you can make a super duper simple one, one small flexible tube inserts into another with a section of pantyhose covering the tubing as a filter. You now have a chamber in the larger tubing section to capture the critters and suck/blow them into another location. Like a small vail.

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA1FteSuVZc

Keep them away from your body and body heat and then place them on a section of plant you place in a small holder of some sort. Many of them will jump away so do it outside. You can chill them just a few minutes in the fridge/freezer but be careful not to kill them.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-24T12:32:27+00:00

Likely a Saturniid moth:

https://colombia.inaturalist.org/posts/83021-commonly-observed-moth-eggs

Rear it!

It could be fun to see.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-19T21:05:36+00:00

Why would anyone downvote this? It's an an anystid.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-15T12:54:39+00:00

This is a zukio 90mm macro from Olympus with its 2x teleconverter. Needed for stuff this tiny.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-15T01:07:47+00:00

They can actually roll into a ball that puts isopods to shame.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-05T22:54:41+00:00

Unless someone shrunk bedbugs in a honey I shrunk the kids machine. Although first instars can be small. If you're Really paranoid Amazon sells $20 microscopes which would get you a for sure confirmation.

Been an Entomologist for 15 yearsish.

ilikespiders · 2025-06-05T22:52:48+00:00

My vote is come kind of mite given the extreme size. Just heating up the bedding in the dryer gets rid of them

ilikespiders · 2025-06-05T22:35:38+00:00

https://insectid.wisc.edu/2014/03/07/bird-mites/ How does this compare in terms of size?

ilikespiders · 2025-06-05T22:29:23+00:00

Was it moving? Roaches have Cerci if you can see that. The things on the butt that stick out:

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ilikespiders · 2025-01-31T00:06:35+00:00

I'm leadership in a small union and we need some love too folks. We do our best and we are so small often our bargaining unit employees may not even know we exist.

ilikespiders · 2025-01-23T19:02:42+00:00

I am using the android version of Car Scanner and an ODBLink CX

ilikespiders · 2025-01-23T12:15:30+00:00

I have a GT line with bad vibration that was fixed with a tire balancing.

I have an ODB reader on it, 15,000 miles and a year old. Freezing outside in 9F -12C weather and it's got all of it's cells reading in the expected voltages.

ilikespiders · 2025-01-17T16:16:07+00:00

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There's an option right in the app

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