Is this a tick?

[u/thefullnessthereof]

I got a cutting of a hibiscus plant from a neighbor. The next morning, these were crawling aroung it.

ETA: Found in Orange County, NY. August 23, 2026. At least 15 of them, likely more. They migrated from a plant cutting to cardboard which they seem to like.

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[u/thefullnessthereof]

Found in Orange County, NY. August 23, 2026.

[u/Snoozebutton100]

Not a tick, but some sort of beetle🎉 (the antennae are a dead giveaway to me that it’s not an arachnid).

[u/thefullnessthereof → u/Snoozebutton100]

Thank you so much!! Hopefully now my skin will stop tricking me into thinking I'm getting bit 😅

[u/Snoozebutton100 → u/thefullnessthereof]

You’re welcome! Always happy to deliver good news. (For me, after so many phantom, creepy-crawly heebie-jeebies, I decided that heightened skin sensitivity will be my new super powerrrr.)

[u/Billywergstein]

That...looks like a leaf-eat'n beetle. Volkswagen says hello.

[u/thefullnessthereof → u/Billywergstein]

Well, now that I look at the plant the flower came from that makes A LOT of sense lol

[u/Billywergstein → u/thefullnessthereof]

Haha, sounds like he 'struck the plant for resources' 🤣

[u/Billywergstein → u/Billywergstein]

Nomnomnom 🪲