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Identify a bug

riddles · 2019-06-30 10:01:06

Hi I noticed an insect I hadn’t seen before it had what seemed like white and black stripes on it take - it’s wings where further up the body and had an orange tinge when flying it was retrieving nectarine from flowering lavender from what seemed to tentacles.

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30-06-2019 11:01am

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Hi

I noticed an insect I hadn’t seen before it had what seemed like white and black stripes on it take - it’s wings where further up the body and had an orange tinge when flying it was retrieving nectarine from flowering lavender from what seemed to tentacles.

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#2 01-07-2019 3:28pm
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Hummingbird hawk moth?

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Anyone know what this is. Finding a few in windo sills around my house. Ty

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No picture, I'm afraid.

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#5 12-04-2020 4:51pm
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Ty. Couldn’t post pic for some reason.

Found answer on Facebook group. It’s a carpet beetle.

Anyone familiar with these.

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https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058066228

This might help, too.

https://www.boards.ie/search/submit/?query=carpet+beetle

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#7 23-02-2021 12:22pm
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Just wondering if anyone can identify this bug?

It got into our house some how and was flapping around. Might be from the storm but its unusual to see bugs like that this time of year.

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Some kind of soldier fly?

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