The Internet says it's an oil beetle. I've never seen one of those before.
It looks tike some ant but with big butt
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2025
138 points (100.0% liked)
Mildly Interesting
22904 readers
371 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Oh my God, Becky. Look at her butt!
Looking at that thing I would have assumed it's a wasp. Weird beetle.
This looks like a painting
This is the greatest news I've heard all day!
Is it that ass-blaster one?
This is almost too interesting
Cool find, thanks for sharing!
One of the few beetles that can actually kill a human.
is the image edited ? looks like it , can you post original ?
That looks like auto sharpening that a lot of modern phone cameras do which messes up zoomed images like this. Happens with my phone camera too it’s really annoying
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3ttQxHeyBrcGQCpz9
Phone isn't letting me add the raw image directly, but that link goes to it.
thanks
Isn't it a queen ant with crapy image compression/enhancements? If I remember correctly beetles have the torax fusioned with the abdomen...
Let me educate myself, beetles have them differentiated... though I think abdomen had hardened wings or alike to be a beetle... I am open for reeducation about these details
Look up Meloe violaceus
Nice catch!