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Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from community to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

What is this bug (also don't mind my friend photobombing the picture with a stick of butter)

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What is this bug (also don't mind my friend photobombing the picture with a stick of butter)

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Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeBanned from community to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • Elaine Cortez@lemm.ee
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    It’s a green lacewing! It’s also known as a “stinkfly” since it produces a foul odour when threatened! I learned that the hard way when I had one of these in my bathroom and humanely got it out of there

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      Doesn’t seem to happen when they get squashed.

      • TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world
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        Please don’t kill these insects. While these only eat pollen, their larvae are highly carnivorous and will eat tons of pests.

        • Elaine Cortez@lemm.ee
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          Yup! They may be a little stinky in their adult form, but their larvae are great at getting rid of pests like aphids! Here’s a cool little video of them doing just that

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          As with most insects, it pretty much always depends on how convenient / inconvenient it is to capture & release them at the time of finding them. If it is very late and they sit in a bad spot then I’m not gonna go through the hassle. If they release some stink bomb shit when feeling threatened then I’m even less inclined to do so.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      You were rescuing it and it felt threatened? stupid bugs.

      • Elaine Cortez@lemm.ee
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        To give him/her credit, I must’ve appeared like one of the Titans from Attack on Titan 😂

      • Etterra@lemmy.world
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        Dude they’re insects. They’re not smart enough to know the difference. Most animals aren’t smart enough to know the difference.

        • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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          !whoosh@lemmy.zip

        • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world
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          bad joke, spiders are not bugs only insects of the order hemiptera classified as bugs and spiders aren’t even insects. maybe if you drank fewer beer and spent more time studying you would know that but it’s your life

  • fetter@lemm.ee
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    Lacewing! Super beneficial insect! I try to grow them every year in my garden. They eat aphids and other pests on plants. It’s a friend :)

    • SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works
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      How deep do you plant them? I might try growing some too.

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        You don’t really plant them, you get eggs on little strips of paper that you hang on your plants. Super easy!

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          You can also plant lots of pollen producing plants or borage to help lacewings thrive. And of course don’t use pesticides

  • zeppo@lemmy.world
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    Green Lacewing perhaps.

  • BassaForte@lemmy.world
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    It’s a butterfly (/s)

  • mantra@lemmy.zip
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    green lacewing.

  • Muscar@discuss.online
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    Get butter bugged!

  • NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
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    deleted by creator

  • SonicBlue03@sh.itjust.works
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    Mayfly?

    Edit: I keep forgetting circle-to-search. Green Lacewing it is.

    • mihnt@lemmy.ca
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      It might.

  • maculata@aussie.zone
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    Lacewing. They are the adult form of antlions and similar.

    The larvae are really good at muncu BG pests.

    These are friends.

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