What Kind of Bug Is This?

ireadtermsofuse on 19/09/2023 - 17:56

Recently, I have had a bug infestation around our bathroom, mostly around the window area. Sometimes it’s in the bathtub and sometimes on the towels.

At first, I thought it was ladybugs but seeing I was colourblind, I was wrong as my wife told me they weren’t even red.

I was wondering if someone can tell me what kind of bug this is.

Picture is provided. https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/205563/106671/img_3244…

Thanks in advance

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Comments

  • AustriaBargain on 19/09/2023 - 18:00
    +1

    If you took a better picture and flipped it over you could use a key to figure it out. Or even Google Lens.

  • nocure on 19/09/2023 - 18:08
    +2

    Lady bug can be black & white

    • Ryanek on 20/09/2023 - 09:42
      +1

      It's a Gothbug

    • tharlow on 19/09/2023 - 19:19
      +2

      The Steelblue ladybird is a real beauty

      • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2023 - 19:31

        'tis pretty …. it should be adopted as City of Wollongong's ladybird & feature on it's crest

  • Benoffie on 19/09/2023 - 18:11

    Still going with lady bug 🐞

  • Protractor on 19/09/2023 - 18:13
    +1

    There's more than one species of ladyBIRD. Not all are as beneficial as the better kinds that prey on pest insects like aphids and RLEM.
    Local ag depts usually have an insect ID app or entomology dept who can help.Possibly just another introduced species brought here by a dick smuggling produce through an airport. And looking for an ag sector to wipe out
    A lady bug is the female equivalent of the man flu, or some sort of " special guest " infection picked up by weary travellers.

  • Protractor on 19/09/2023 - 18:15

    REMOVED

  • bobbified on 19/09/2023 - 18:17
    +1

    I have had a bug infestation around our bathroom..

    Looks like a ladybug that's been rolling around in shit! haha

  • capslock janitor on 19/09/2023 - 18:18

    not all ladybugs are red

  • Idjit on 19/09/2023 - 18:22
    +5

    Australian carpet beetle?

    • jjjaar on 19/09/2023 - 18:26
      +1

      Yep. Definitely a carpet beetle.

      They’ll likely be spawning in a rug or carpet. Check everything. The little eggs also like hiding in between the planks of floating floorboards, and don’t come out via vacuum. The only way I got rid of them was literally spray and wiping between each plank.

      • Idjit on 19/09/2023 - 18:28

        Yikes!

      • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2023 - 18:35
        +1

        The little eggs also like hiding in between the planks of floating floorboards …

        How hardy is this bonza Aussie carpet beetle that it has adapted from it's traditional habitat to now also include floating flooring that is not of the carpet variety ?!?

        • jjjaar on 19/09/2023 - 18:38

          Hahaha well to be fair it was the floating floor directly under the rug in question. And then at some point they grew too big to fit in there. But they were there… and they were annoying.

        • Idjit on 19/09/2023 - 18:38
          +1

          A carpet beetle's "arid outback" lol.

          • [Deactivated] on 19/09/2023 - 18:58
            +5

            @Idjit: A rename is in order: Australian all flooring types beetle

      • Protractor on 19/09/2023 - 20:31

        Cane toads eat 'em…

        • jjjaar on 19/09/2023 - 20:51
          +1

          Thanks for the tip! I’ll be sure to get some cane toads next time.

  • Muzeeb on 19/09/2023 - 19:54
    +3

    infestation around our bathroom,

    Dung beetle it is then

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