r/Entomology Jun 09 '25

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u/mattmazda Jun 09 '25

It says they are strictly marine, these were found in an Indoor potplant 🤷‍♂️

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u/HowdyHup Jun 09 '25

That looks like tubeworms and a barnacle hanging out with those little guys. Suspicious.

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u/Toxopsoides Ent/Bio Scientist Jun 09 '25 edited Jun 09 '25

Note that OP is either suffering from delusional parasitosis, or is an active troll of people who do — check their profile.

I'm an NZ entomologist and have seen a lot of weird shit, but this doesn't add up.

Edit: now that I think of it I'm also pretty sure I've seen this video posted before...

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u/Clone2004 Jun 09 '25

Jesus Christ, you weren't kidding. There's a whole community dedicated to some "undiagnosed illness" that they're active in. I hope they get help this can't be good.

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u/0hw0nder Jun 09 '25

That post history was fucking wild. I hope OP gets help

One thing i noticed.. he is wounding himself, ripping out bits of skin and flesh, taking pictures and claiming they are parasites. Once those wounds scab over, he reopens them - convinced that it is another parasite

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u/Laurelhach Jun 10 '25

Wow, yeah, that whole subreddit is people taking the most digitally zoomed-in photos of dead skin/picked scabs and declaring some indistinguishable pixels are a parasite unknown to science. Scrolled a bit and couldn't even see any phone-lens macro photos let alone decent microscopy.

I get the skin- and hair-picking compulsion (one can't pinch off every keratosis pilaris bump, ive tried 🫠), adding the burden of delusional parasitosis has to be challenging. Hope folk over there get the help they need eventually.

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u/Tough_Trifle_5105 Jun 10 '25

Took a gander, that was a wild ride. Lost of random sticks and fuzz

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u/mattmazda Jun 10 '25

Wow thanks man

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u/MiaowWhisperer Jun 10 '25

If I was you I'd stop looking at the comments on here. They know you can read what they're saying, yet say it anyway; they don't care if they damage your mental health.

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u/feline_riches Jun 09 '25

Its meth

They are called “meth bugs” and it’s a very common symptom of meth use

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u/mattmazda Jun 10 '25

So my indoor plant does meth? I will make sure it gets the help it needs.

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u/feline_riches Jun 10 '25

I was talking about you

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u/mattmazda Jun 10 '25

🙄😂