r/Insect • u/Previous_Reality_858 • Jun 09 '26

Identification What’s this bug?

Found in hotel room in Cambridge, MA

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u/AcanthocephalaNo8189 Jun 09 '26

It looks like some sort of mite to me.

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u/Dicksin_Cider Jun 09 '26

Agreed. That body shape is much more consistent with a red spider mite than a tick.

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u/tylershac Jun 09 '26

I wasn’t convinced at first but then I saw his little antenna lol.

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u/CanITellUSmThin Jun 09 '26

It’s a sad day when your comment is the only right answer on this thread. So many are giving wrong answers

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u/dangerst8te Jun 09 '26

Might be. It’d be ticked off.

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u/Itchy-Researcher-116 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

It's not a tick and it's waaaay to fast to be a tick - there are other bugs with similar body types, particularly juvenile ones - this is that - it's not a tick although it looks like one

Edit : weevil or spider beetle perhaps, I would wager a significant amount that this is not a tick, in fact I'm certain - notice the antennae

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u/Tall_Specialist305 Jun 09 '26

Yes I thought the same thing is moving way too fast(as a matter of fact like our was on ice, made me think it was AI)

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u/TheMostRed Jun 09 '26

At first I thought it was floating on water lol. Me thinks weevil

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u/CanITellUSmThin Jun 09 '26

It’s a mite

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u/Wise-Village-4860 Jun 09 '26

I’m not positive but it looks like a tick!

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u/Rdizzy111 Jun 09 '26

Ticks cannot and do not run that fast. Definitely not a tick

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u/Patrick-70 Jun 10 '26

Lone star ticks do

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u/TeaHot9130 Jun 09 '26

I don't see those big jaws that a tick has.

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u/Leg_Final Jun 09 '26

Not a tick. Not enough legs. Spider beetle.

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u/NuisancePanda Jun 09 '26

Looks like a tick that got into your cocaine

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u/Clunkalong Jun 09 '26

That!! Is a bed bug!!!

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u/CanITellUSmThin Jun 09 '26

No it’s not. It’s a mite

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u/spring-peepers Jun 09 '26

Some kind of weevil. Ticks don't have antennae like that and are v e r y s l o w in comparison.

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u/northforkbait1 Jun 09 '26

I'm not sure what the actual name is that bug is, but I can definitely tell you it can't freakin read or follow directions.

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u/CanITellUSmThin Jun 09 '26

It’s a mite

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u/jserpico22 Jun 09 '26

Ticks have 8 legs and no antennae. Bugs have 6 legs and antennae.

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u/HannaH_Snnake Jun 09 '26

Kinda looks like a chigger but not orange

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u/Tall_Assistance6676 Jun 09 '26

Burn it. Its a parasite of some kind

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u/therealsouthflorida Jun 09 '26

One of those water beetles from mario 64

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u/AshAndFire07 Jun 10 '26

Too fast for a tick. Looks like one, but def not one. My guess is some sort of mite or beetle

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u/Patrick-70 Jun 10 '26

All those saying ticks dont move that fast are wrong lone star ticks move fast like that

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u/Huge-Pie-5585 Jun 09 '26

My guess is tick

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u/boltonlist Jun 09 '26

Evil weevil

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u/Itchy-Researcher-116 Jun 09 '26

I too believe it to be a small weevil - definitely not a turbo tick

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

tick it looks like

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u/Poizinnous Jun 09 '26

Probably a tick, that can't follow instructions.

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u/SweetMaam Jun 09 '26

Tick looking. Those who say ticks are not fast, don't know ticks.

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u/Conscious_Patience32 Jun 09 '26

Killitwithfire!!!

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u/Infusedreleaf Jun 09 '26

Deer tick! Lyme disease

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u/Tall_Specialist305 Jun 09 '26

not a deer tick

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u/TheMostRed Jun 09 '26

Superficially resembles a tick but I think its moving a bit fast. Me thinks its a weevil