# Can you ID this insect for me, please? (Hopefully not a bedbug) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 3, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-insect-for-me-please-hopefully-not-a-bedbug/969005 "2022-08-03T07:15:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-insect-for-me-please-hopefully-not-a-bedbug/969005/21 "2022-08-03T19:21:20Z")
Patrick O’Brian would thank you for that, if he was still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-insect-for-me-please-hopefully-not-a-bedbug/969005/22 "2022-08-03T19:44:44Z")
Did you smoke that one did you, Stephen? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-insect-for-me-please-hopefully-not-a-bedbug/969005/23 "2022-08-03T20:35:05Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > For scale, I placed a one cent coin of the euro next to it; those have a diameter of 16.25 mm (about 0.64 inches), i.e., they’re a bit smaller than the American pennies. Oh, and just for future reference, aside from the groove around the edge, a 0.02 Euro coin is just about a perfect match for an American or Canadian penny. We North American types will see a copper coin and just assume it’s a penny, while Europeans will of course know what coin you’re referring to, and so everyone will get the right idea. Just my, well, you know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-this-insect-for-me-please-hopefully-not-a-bedbug/969005.md?page=1)