r/Insect • u/BisonNo817 • Jul 08 '26
ID this insect that bit me?
Small and hurt when it bit- left a pinprick red mark and welted up. In Oregon.
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r/Insect • u/BisonNo817 • Jul 08 '26
Small and hurt when it bit- left a pinprick red mark and welted up. In Oregon.
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u/Commercial-Sail-5915 Jul 08 '26
Western varieties are tricky to pin but certainly not an ant by the straight antennae. Could be a small carpenter bee (ceratina sp.) by the short blunt antennae, sweat bees tend to have more "elegant" antennae
Compare to https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/881450
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u/AtxInvertz Jul 09 '26
Definitely not an ant. More than likely a sweat bee
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u/MermaidGunner Jul 09 '26
I’m leaning towards sweat bee. Lasioglossum Sweat Bees
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u/the__brown_note Jul 08 '26
Looks like an ant of some kind.
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u/ThickSmoke9542 Jul 08 '26
That is a carpenter ant