An insect drinking from a glass of water!

jclarity · Rank attained: Hazel Tree Joined: 06 Jan 2016 Posts: 3

Hi folks, I found this guy last night. I went into my kitchen, switched on the light and spotted him in a glass of water that had been left out. Any ideas?

For some reason, these photos kinda look better on my phone rather than my laptop, but things I can say were it was slow-moving as far as I could see and had that kind of speckled back in a criss-cross. Its wings also extended past the end of its abdomen.

Thanks very much!

jclarity · Rank attained: Hazel Tree Joined: 06 Jan 2016 Posts: 3

I have a suggestion that it might be something called a Minute Pirate Bug, and looking at pictures of that, it seems like a great shout. The pattern on its back is identical and the head looks similar too.

Would anyone know if these are common in Ireland?

Greengage · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:06 pm Post subject:

Looks like a weevil you should post it on facebook Insects and Invertabrates of ireland.

jclarity · Rank attained: Hazel Tree Joined: 06 Jan 2016 Posts: 3

The wings it had were much more ... wing-like. I thought it could be a weevil, but the wings of weevils look so different to this.