4 mo. ago • 98%

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

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- Doesn't seem to happen when they get squashed.
  
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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.
  
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- You were rescuing it and it felt threatened? stupid bugs.
  
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  To give him/her credit, I must've appeared like one of the Titans from Attack on Titan 😂
  
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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.
  
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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 :)

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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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Green Lacewing perhaps.

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It's a butterfly (/s)

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green lacewing.

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Get butter bugged!

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I don’t know what kind of bug it is but it would probably taste good sautéed in some butter.

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Mayfly?

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

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- It might.
  
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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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