# what is this strange bug bug? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097 "2013-07-10T01:35:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/21 "2013-07-12T23:21:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Absolutely no question that’s a tick. Yes. No way one would stay unnoticed on a human that long. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/22 "2013-07-13T01:42:39Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Here’s a link to the files you sent: > [http://sdrv.ms/136C68j](http://sdrv.ms/136C68j) > > I’m certain that’s a wood tick - one that has fed and engorged, then deflated a bit (perhaps because it has produced eggs) Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/23 "2013-07-13T01:58:51Z")
It looks like [the one I found](http://imageshack.us/a/img191/1726/gscs.jpg). I’m not scared of bugs but I picked it up thinking it was a piece of food or something, turned it over and was puzzling over it when it’s legs shot out of it’s body and started wiggling around. Scared me half to death. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/24 "2013-07-13T02:07:55Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > It looks like [the one I found](http://imageshack.us/a/img191/1726/gscs.jpg). I’m not scared of bugs but I picked it up thinking it was a piece of food or something, turned it over and was puzzling over it when it’s legs shot out of it’s body and started wiggling around. Scared me half to death. You pick up random “pieces of food or something”? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/25 "2013-07-13T02:33:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You pick up random “pieces of food or something”? > :rolleyes: Yeah, it tasted gross too. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/26 "2013-07-13T02:34:46Z")
Ew. Such a tick. I’ve pulled more than I’ve ever cared to off of dogs for their freaked out owners. Yes. People take their dogs to the ER for ticks. They’re on the list of people I will leave crumpled and crying on the curb when the zompocalypse comes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/27 "2013-07-13T03:08:56Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > They’re on the list of people I will leave crumpled and crying on the curb when the zompocalypse comes. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/28 "2013-07-13T03:10:18Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > Yeah, it tasted gross too. I vaguely recall eating something off the floor in kindergarten, so you are not alone. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/29 "2013-07-13T06:13:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I vaguely recall eating something off the floor in kindergarten, so you are not alone. > :rolleyes: I vividly recall eating a lady bug when I was about 3. I still remember how it tasted. DON’T EAT LADY BUGS! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/30 "2013-07-13T08:32:31Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I vividly recall eating a lady bug when I was about 3. I still remember how it tasted. DON’T EAT LADY BUGS! Yeah, they’re just for garnish. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/31 "2013-07-13T11:10:02Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Here’s a link to the files you sent: > [http://sdrv.ms/136C68j](http://sdrv.ms/136C68j) > > I’m certain that’s a wood tick - one that has fed and engorged, then deflated a bit (perhaps because it has produced eggs) I have hear that but, this is so big to start with, and I have seen deer and dog ticks, but none were any near this size. It’s characteristics do look like a tick. I sent you pictures, Did you get them? ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/32 "2013-07-13T11:13:59Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > I have hear that but, this is so big to start with, and I have seen deer and dog ticks, but none were any near this size. It’s characteristics do look like a tick. I sent you pictures, Did you get them? I meant heard not have. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/33 "2013-07-13T19:51:17Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > I have hear that but, this is so big to start with, and I have seen deer and dog ticks, but none were any near this size. It’s characteristics do look like a tick. I sent you pictures, Did you get them? Yes - they’re uploaded to the folder I linked. You definitely have a tick there - soft ticks can get as big as a large grape. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/34 "2013-07-14T11:12:51Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Yes - they’re uploaded to the folder I linked. You definitely have a tick there - soft ticks can get as big as a large grape. Thank you for your information and help. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097/35 "2013-07-14T14:57:29Z")
You’re welcome. I hope you don’t see too many more of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-strange-bug-bug/663097.md?page=1)