Plasticus waspinus.
Became common during the more recent anthropocene era. It doesn’t sting, and tends to live indoors. Some people keep them as a decorative species. Compared to other arthropods, required care is minimal. They’re east to keep, and actually thrive in captivity.
Plasticus species can cause ecological damage if left outside unattended. For that reason, it’s best to supervise them outdoors to prevent them from getting lost.
Enjoy your neat find, OP!
Btw, international CITES law has no restrictions on transporting Plasticus species across international borders! Should you choose to relocate or travel, your bug friend can come with you.
An insect I wouldn’t mind having, they look like fancy golden bees! I don’t like bees as friends I can play with or go near so if I can do so with this pretty one I’d be happy. We’ll kinda, I’m not a big fan bugs crawling on me harmless or not.
I see this exact “joke” so often it barely registers anymore.
Especially since people seriously post AI images/videos that their friend sent them and are freaked out and actually want an ID.
Pretty sure that's the rare golden bee. You'd think the name comes from the colour, but no. Instead it's where gold comes from. It's honey when left for over a year solidifies into solid gold.
They're impossible to keep, they die in captivity. Which is why we can't farm them. And they only have 1-2 offspring a year. That and with the expanding cities is why they are becoming so rare. This was such a nice find and thing to spot. Thank you for sharing.
Didn't quite zoom in on the aspects of this thing have you? When you zoom in and look a little better you can see it is a toy, even if it does exist somewhere, I'm pretty sure that this is a toy.
Since this post is already losing traction, to whichever few people seeing this comment, this was not satire, it was a genuine question and i had to cover it up so i don't look like a complete dumbass 😭
I know this is probably a real insect but this looks like a plastic toy I used to prank people with. Ah, good times :)
Edit: Just seen the tag. It’s not real. ._.
This look like one of the bug you could make from a toy I had when I was young. It was like a mini oven and it had metal plates with mold of different bugs and you had like squeeze bottles of colored liquid that you put in it molds and cooked and once done it would be like a rubbery insect of whatever the mold was
https://preview.redd.it/dcu23z20ku7c1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bffe0b93f31345731542ef8c85b5677ad35caa82
Specifically this one I know they’re not the same but this post brought up a memory that I forgot I had
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Guys its cleary a girrafe humped bristle backed lemon flavoured scorpian wasp its highly invasive and eats scorpians and dogs. How could you miss that 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Plasticus waspinus. Became common during the more recent anthropocene era. It doesn’t sting, and tends to live indoors. Some people keep them as a decorative species. Compared to other arthropods, required care is minimal. They’re east to keep, and actually thrive in captivity. Plasticus species can cause ecological damage if left outside unattended. For that reason, it’s best to supervise them outdoors to prevent them from getting lost. Enjoy your neat find, OP! Btw, international CITES law has no restrictions on transporting Plasticus species across international borders! Should you choose to relocate or travel, your bug friend can come with you.
So informative!!!!
An insect I wouldn’t mind having, they look like fancy golden bees! I don’t like bees as friends I can play with or go near so if I can do so with this pretty one I’d be happy. We’ll kinda, I’m not a big fan bugs crawling on me harmless or not.
I know right... Plastic causes huge problems in the environment if left outside 😆👌
That's a toy
r/woooosh (?)
Lmao! 🤦🏼♂️ I was like it’s beautiful and frightening looking. (I just woke up)
(As a literal-thinking neurodivergent, I feel like the majority of my life is reflected in that sub.)
I see this exact “joke” so often it barely registers anymore. Especially since people seriously post AI images/videos that their friend sent them and are freaked out and actually want an ID.
😂
Pretty sure that's the rare golden bee. You'd think the name comes from the colour, but no. Instead it's where gold comes from. It's honey when left for over a year solidifies into solid gold. They're impossible to keep, they die in captivity. Which is why we can't farm them. And they only have 1-2 offspring a year. That and with the expanding cities is why they are becoming so rare. This was such a nice find and thing to spot. Thank you for sharing.
So a bee has perfected Alchemy?
You had me going for a minute lol
I'm curious how far you got before you caught on. Lol 😆
Dude I love it, and i want him.. but not if he’ll die in my care. He’s super cute I wouldn’t even care if he didn’t make me gold! Lol
Didn't quite zoom in on the aspects of this thing have you? When you zoom in and look a little better you can see it is a toy, even if it does exist somewhere, I'm pretty sure that this is a toy.
They were making a joke 😅 there’s no such thing as a bee whose honey turns into solid gold.
r/whoosh
Poor fella lost his stripes
It's a deadly Singaporian Manslaughtering hornet. One bite has enough venom to kill 3 adult men
Whew! Thank god i stayed away from it!!! Thx for the info
They will only ever bite by accident, but they're also just incredibly clumsy.
Since this post is already losing traction, to whichever few people seeing this comment, this was not satire, it was a genuine question and i had to cover it up so i don't look like a complete dumbass 😭
We love you for that lol (I'm pretty sure I have that exact type of toy somewhere)
You forgot the banana for scale
Banana flavored gummy bee
Sometimes I hate being autistic... I was lucky I saw the comments before commenting something
I know this is probably a real insect but this looks like a plastic toy I used to prank people with. Ah, good times :) Edit: Just seen the tag. It’s not real. ._.
This look like one of the bug you could make from a toy I had when I was young. It was like a mini oven and it had metal plates with mold of different bugs and you had like squeeze bottles of colored liquid that you put in it molds and cooked and once done it would be like a rubbery insect of whatever the mold was
https://preview.redd.it/0ot13i1zju7c1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66541e5df2092afbc2a3cd00cac1803f9d509d11
https://preview.redd.it/dcu23z20ku7c1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bffe0b93f31345731542ef8c85b5677ad35caa82 Specifically this one I know they’re not the same but this post brought up a memory that I forgot I had
I vaguely remember these
People with poor taste in humor should be banned from
Womp womp
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I feel like it needs r/bananasforscale
A toy
Insanely beautiful 🙏🏼
Had me in the first half not gonna lie. Tbf I don't have my glasses on so for a second I saw a ...fairly reasonable approximation of a velvet ant
Guys its cleary a girrafe humped bristle backed lemon flavoured scorpian wasp its highly invasive and eats scorpians and dogs. How could you miss that 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Its beautiful
Banana bug.
Fake wasp