# Id this bug?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 20, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027 "2015-06-20T20:21:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/1 "2015-06-20T20:21:26Z")

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[Pic.](http://s294.photobucket.com/user/badger60/media/bug2_zpstsme0fpv.jpg.html?o=0#/user/badger60/media/bug2_zpstsme0fpv.jpg.html?o=0&_suid=1434831561512016932983330872592) Possibly a beetle bug, but possibly a moth. It didn’t move, so I couldn’t really tell. Coastal South Carolina. About ½ inch long.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/2 "2015-06-20T20:44:12Z")

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[Longhorn beetle.](https://esticadinhonature.wordpress.com/photo-gallery/cerambycidae-longhorn-beetles/)

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**Author:** ![Wallydraigle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wallydraigle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallydraigle)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/3 "2015-06-20T22:09:05Z")

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Ailanthus webworm moth

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/4 "2015-06-20T22:21:53Z")

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> [@Wallydraigle](#):
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> Ailanthus webworm moth

[That’s correct.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailanthus_webworm) _Atteva aurea_.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/5 "2015-06-20T22:24:45Z")

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Thanks, all! ETA: Dang! There might be something to these phone cameras after all.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bug/723027/6 "2015-06-20T22:29:08Z")

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Wow.  
Fooled me!