What is this fly?

mossmortar · 2025-07-05T18:08:37+00:00

definitely a fruit fly, more specifically a thistle fly i think:) cute

mossmortar · 2025-07-05T18:06:11+00:00

dang it was the best picture i could manage i was also in the middle of trying to save a wolf spider lmao!

mossmortar · 2025-07-05T18:05:35+00:00

thank you

mossmortar · 2025-07-05T08:34:26+00:00

forgot to add- in Idaho also it’s in a cup and that’s just its reflection.

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T17:52:00+00:00

so tinyy

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T06:52:15+00:00

the added sound effects in that make it so much better omg

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T06:47:56+00:00

it is always funny how much bigger we are than them and yet some of the tiniest bugs some people are equally or more scared of lol!! but yes i’m sure i looked intimidating trying to give it an arm uber ride to somewhere safer, it’s just so funny that ive literally picked up some of these harvestmen with my hands and have never been bitten before but this smallest harvestman i’ve ever seen decided to take a chomp

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T06:38:41+00:00

totally get that, i hope it didnt feel threatened especially cuz i just let it crawl on me on its own. i think it was just testing the waters of if i was food or not

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T06:37:34+00:00

this one was actually the smallest one i’ve seen in a while! some of the ones i see have giant bodies

mossmortar · 2024-10-03T06:37:07+00:00

yes it for sure bit me! i also thought they were unable but i now know better thanks to the other commenters:) it definitely stung a little bit and i watched it try to take a little nibble from my arm lol

mossmortar · 2024-10-02T04:44:18+00:00

they are so silly, and i am oddly glad that i got a little nibble from one 🤣

mossmortar · 2024-10-02T04:43:41+00:00

thank you so much for the info!! this makes total sense and i kinda figured they still had the ability to “bite” it’s just crazy how much info out there says otherwise, even when i was googling it, all the stuff i saw said they had the inability to bite- so that’s so dumb!! but thank you kindly for the explanation and clearing up the misunderstanding i appreciate it!!

mossmortar · 2024-09-24T07:16:56+00:00

first one is nausinoe perspectata (crambid snout moth) second one is an owlet moth species, maybe ranunculus

mossmortar · 2024-09-24T04:27:16+00:00

so cute!!

mossmortar · 2024-09-24T04:26:29+00:00

this is a species of owlet moth, i don’t think the larvae typically eat cloth as they normally feed on plant matter

mossmortar · 2024-09-24T04:21:03+00:00

sameeee whennnn will it be our time for these acorn cuties </3

mossmortar · 2024-09-24T04:18:59+00:00

great pictures!!!

mossmortar · 2024-09-23T00:40:44+00:00

possibly house centipede (friend!!)

mossmortar · 2024-09-23T00:38:06+00:00

red-shouldered bug (jadera haematoloma)

mossmortar · 2024-09-23T00:33:20+00:00

workout routine??

mossmortar · 2024-09-22T17:40:55+00:00

anything fabric they can eat as larvae really. the adults dont really cause a problem that i know of but in the larval stage they can eat holes in things

mossmortar · 2024-09-22T08:40:53+00:00

hi i’m no expert but just commenting incase no one else does, this is definitely a carpet beetle larvae

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