What is this bug (also don't mind my friend photobombing the picture with a stick of butter)
What is this bug (also don't mind my friend photobombing the picture with a stick of butter)
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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
50 0 ReplyDoesn't seem to happen when they get squashed.
10 0 ReplyPlease don't kill these insects. While these only eat pollen, their larvae are highly carnivorous and will eat tons of pests.
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You were rescuing it and it felt threatened? stupid bugs.
5 0 ReplyTo give him/her credit, I must've appeared like one of the Titans from Attack on Titan 😂
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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 :)
25 0 ReplyHow deep do you plant them? I might try growing some too.
17 0 ReplyYou 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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Green Lacewing perhaps.
16 0 ReplyIt's a butterfly (/s)
10 0 ReplyGet butter bugged!
8 0 Replygreen lacewing.
8 0 ReplyI don’t know what kind of bug it is but it would probably taste good sautéed in some butter.
7 0 ReplyMayfly?
Edit: I keep forgetting circle-to-search. Green Lacewing it is.
4 0 ReplyIt might.
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