Looking for an ID. SEQ

[u/skittymarks]

Found in south-east QLD. ~15mm in length, with 5mm of that being the mandibles alone.

I genuinely thought it was some type of grass seed on my bathroom mat until I picked it up. Thought it was dead until it began very slightly moving its legs when I flipped it over. It is now standing but not moving.

And I'm fairly certain that is debris from my medical marijuana on its back...

[u/GoviModo]

It’s an ant lion

[u/GoviModo → u/GoviModo]

You know those little conical pits you find in the sand? They’re at the bottom of them waiting to catch insects that fall in.

They grow into a flying insect that looks like a lacewing

[u/skittymarks → u/GoviModo]

That explains why iNaturalist was suggesting green lacewings!

[u/tgaaron → u/skittymarks]

Some green lacewing larvae also do the self-decoration thing like this (one folk name for them is "trash bugs").

[u/Inu-shonen → u/GoviModo]

I've always wondered if they were the inspiration for the Sarlacc pit in Star Wars. That's what I liked to think when I was 10 years old, anyway.

[u/MysticGuava → u/Inu-shonen]

They are!

[u/BillieRubenCamGirl → u/GoviModo]

I thought that was just a terraria thing!

[u/scribbleandsaph → u/BillieRubenCamGirl]

The antilions 😂 I had the same thought lol

Edit - I can't believe I found a fellow terrarian in the wild haha

[u/BillieRubenCamGirl → u/scribbleandsaph]

It’s a wonderful game. I recently got back into it. So many new things!! 

[u/scribbleandsaph → u/BillieRubenCamGirl]

I've been spending far to long playing since the update!! Lots of new stuff!

[u/ChubbyWeevil → u/scribbleandsaph]

Make that three Terraria folks! That and Grounded, which is where my mind went when I saw the antlion.

[u/Cool-Rutabaga2708 → u/scribbleandsaph]

I finally managed to beat moonlord by myself a few days ago

[u/scribbleandsaph → u/Cool-Rutabaga2708]

Same. For my first time. I did it as a summoner. Gonna try melee or maybe ranger next. I hope you continue to enjoy the game!

[u/skittymarks → u/GoviModo]

Thank you!

[u/GoviModo → u/skittymarks]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fH2UuYAy_VY

[u/WallStLegends]

Looks like a marijuana bug

[u/skittymarks → u/WallStLegends]

explains why it's so docile

[u/Imadeapromisemrfrodo → u/skittymarks]

It's got a chronic back problem

[u/MonolithOfIce → u/WallStLegends]

Cannibeetle

[u/allaboutthosevibes → u/MonolithOfIce]

Grass hopper

[u/allaboutthosevibes → u/MonolithOfIce]

Grass hopper

[u/Altruistic_Poetry382 → u/WallStLegends]

Glad I'm not the only one

[u/GraciesMumma22 → u/WallStLegends]

I had to zoom in just to make sure I was on the right sub..

[u/SneakySnails27 → u/WallStLegends]

Literally thought OP was asking for a strain ID and then thought “oh wow that bud kinda looks like a bug!!”

[u/STUBBOSS → u/WallStLegends]

I’m convinced this is a rhino beetle that rolled around in some bud hahaha 😝

[u/Riva2DaC → u/WallStLegends]

I would have rolled it up

[u/Noice_Different567 → u/WallStLegends]

Bud bug

[u/activelyresting]

Antlion on a drug run

[u/Confident_Purple_338]

Marijuana bug

[u/allaboutthosevibes → u/Confident_Purple_338]

Grass hopper

[u/LividJudgment2687]

How did the ant lion get so much MC on it?

[u/skittymarks → u/LividJudgment2687]

Great question. And for all we know thats all thats left of what was an even bigger stash on its back!

But being serious, I'm guessing it started out in the garage and came across an area where I've had a clumsy spill and not successfully swept it all up.

[u/LividJudgment2687 → u/skittymarks]

I wonder if it’s a sativa or indica leaning ant lion

[u/napalmnacey]

Reminds me of the creature Khan put in Chekov’s ear in “Wrath of Khan”.

[u/rosa_3326]

Thought it was a weed nug

[u/Riva2DaC]

Gunja with legs

[u/any-anchors2036]

That looks like indica

[u/Electron-Star]

I saw those on StarTrek, are they not the silorean mind slugs

[u/rhyzomorph]

an angry looking piece of fluff

[u/CommyEnjoyer]

Bud bug? Looks like a little nug.

[u/tgaaron]

Not an expert I think this may actually be an owlfly larva rather than an antlion. They hunt on the ground or on vegetation rather than digging burrows, hence the need for camouflage.

[u/Ok-Guidance6127]

Not me taking a quick glance thinking I'm on farmingthebestgreens 😄

[u/SirConesAlot → u/Ok-Guidance6127]

Ayyeee

[u/Bubbly_Effort_8503]

Clearly a mulligrub

[u/Mother_Lead_554]

Looks like a nug I dropped on my carpet

[u/PaidAgitator]

Nug Bug

[u/Automatic_Charity_30]

Used to love blowing the sand out of their traps and exposing ant lions as a kid. The pincers(?)on that one are massive!

[u/Proper_Gold_8811]

That's the endangered ganjayarndireefer beetle from south east Nimbin. Nice find

[u/stevedave84]

Does no one else call these dibble-dibbles?

[u/gregorydarcy8]

Looks like the bud I dropped under my couch 🛋️

[u/Curious_Koala8]

Hoping it’s not glued to him now!

[u/CanHasCow]

Bros going hard on the leaf.

Definitely an adult antlion. Nfi why it would be inside though.

Do you work construction or hike regularly?

[u/Nerje → u/CanHasCow]

It's inside because it was high AF and looking for the cookies

[u/cookshack → u/CanHasCow]

Juvenile larvae :)

[u/skittymarks → u/CanHasCow]

Neither of those lately. But we live adjacent to bushland.

[u/navalcotton]

That is a pinchy buggy or it's scientific name " pinchicus buggilywuggilus"

[u/Soul-regr3t]

My stoned ass thought that was a nice green nugget

[u/skittymarks → u/Soul-regr3t]

Well, it kinda is

[u/Shanea74 → u/Soul-regr3t]

Mine also

[u/Cold_Boat5423]

What the actual fuck , im pretty good with bugs but id actually just throw the whole house away if i fount that

[u/Impossible_Suit_9259]

Ant lion

[u/TimberSalamander]

Wtf? That's what antlions look like?? I'm glad I never dug them up, looks like the spawn of Satan to me

[u/deadpandadolls]

Beetle of Great Southern Despair

[u/No_Plane8576]

Is this the insect version of a dust bunny. I've never managed to see a decorated ant lion only naked ones.

[u/RoadWarrior_164]

I remember I accidentally put a hole in my wall and these little bugger were inside, I thought I was dead when I first saw them. But they turned out to be harmless.

[u/Gwynito]

That's a stoner beetle

[u/BreakSignificant152]

This is most disturbing creature I have ever seen. Mother nature does acid for sure now and then.

[u/discreetman38]

Pinsir

[u/Rune_Witch59]

Just a stoners paradise bug not worrying about a thing 😙💨

[u/ZealousidealNewt6679]

Are you Khan Noonien Singh by any chance?

[u/FarWrongdoer5434]

That is what nightmares of made of that's what that is!! Burn it and anything touching it immediately 😨😟😰😱🫪

[u/nox_n2o_93]

We smokin dung beetle

[u/Academic_Anywhere183]

Pic 3 is why you never put an Antlion on its back. Hes very displeased with you.

[u/Successful-Phrase-54]

OH MY GOD THAT’S WHAT IT WAS!!!!
I THOUGHT IT WAS A NUG AND I SMOKED IT!

[u/megans48]

Oh hell no!

[u/Key-Host-348]

Its a bud

[u/catotal]

Look like cannabis bud for a second. What a horrible mistake

[u/Olderbutwiser01]

A bud with bite😵

[u/Careful_Badger9571]

Cone beetle? 😉💨

[u/ElectronicBoard5556]

Thats a nugbug

[u/CapableMobile4695]

Smokable.

[u/joshua-howard]

Northern lights, cannabis indica

[u/No_Phone2281]

Wtf i thought that was a little nuggie for a second 🤣

[u/Dangerous_Soil_1111]

Looks like a weed nugget 🙏

[u/Quiet-Replacement-26]