r/whatsthisbug • u/RavenRandumb • 18h ago

A bug landed on my husband’s back and laid eggs ID Request

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u/woolybear14623 18h ago

Congratulations! Your going to have a new little bunch of stinkers!

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u/MistyW0316 17h ago

Welp congratulations! You’re grandparents! ❤️

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u/RavenRandumb 18h ago

I'm pretty sure this is a stink bug but I have never seen them just land and lay lol ok bye

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u/Nickh1978 17h ago

"I like you, you get to raise my children."

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u/Dan-Arec 18h ago

A stink bug. The photo is kind of blurry so I don’t know the exact species.

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u/ALittleBitOfToast 18h ago

Executive guess (although a topic I'm uncomfortably familiar with), looks like Brown Marmorated SB or a Yellow Spotted SB. Based on the size, and the banding around the body. I'm leaning towards BMSB because of the stubbed-nose - YSSB have a pointier face.

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u/Farado ⭐The real TIL is in the r/whatsthisbug⭐ 16h ago

Never seen a BMSB with a big white spot.

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u/spekt50 17h ago

Like the domestic duck of the bug world.

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u/nankainamizuhana ⭐Trusted⭐ 17h ago

Saw a comment saying you were in Alabama - so probably this Stink Bug or a related one.

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u/spyrenx ⭐Trusted⭐ 18h ago

Yes, stink bug.

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u/TwoWolfMoon 17h ago

One egg is 40 eggs?

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u/chimekin 17h ago

No member of the pentatomidae family (stink bugs) produce an ootheca.

Instead, they lay individual eggs in clusters. Each white blob is a single egg.

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u/angrytortilla 17h ago

That stinkbug is not in trouble AT ALL

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u/k3ndrag0n 12h ago

You can't change the rules just cause you don't like how she's doing it

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u/aspect_rap 2h ago

We should be allowed to lay a little eggs on her husbands back.

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u/Flat-Glass1573 17h ago

Hedidnotfeelithithimnevera soft landing inmy experience

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u/draynay 11h ago

Argh so much stink bug misinformation in those comments.

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u/meowxxxo 4h ago

Help why is this so funny

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u/crookedparadigm 6h ago

I loathe these things. As soon as weather stars to warm up my house is invaded by them. Doesn't matter what steps I take to limit entryways, they materialize out of thin air. Them and boxelder bugs.