dusty vector
Ever noticed a body ordor of a specific bug? Not talking about any defensive excretions, just their normal body smell.
I had a pair of Oryctes rhinoceros that smelled like coconut, presumably because they fed on a coconut stump before they were caught.
Eudicella morgani and Mecynorhina torquata immaculicollis have their own specific smells. In the case of WC it can be rather strong and doesn’t smell good.
Osmoderma sp. have a distinct, patent-leather or peach-like smell. Can be rather nice actually.
Oxythyrea funesta smell sweetish like flowers.
Apparently Cheirotonus sp. have a distinct body smell, not specifically nice though.
haughty tulip
bug sniffer
graceful marsh
Thanks for creating this lars
Idk If the smell is defensive, but tenebs like Diaperis boleti and Bolithophagus reticulatus have a really interesting plastic? Smell
dusty vector
Bolitophagus have a defensive secretion
graceful marsh
i see
shrewd orchid
I only have dead bugs but some of them definitely have a distinctive smell to them
I've mainly noticed it with Orthoptera, it's not bad, just unique. Kinda grassy which I guess would be expected
No clue how it compares for living ones though
compact veldt
Not defensive secretions? Hmmm. I'd say Cotinis mutabilis, and they STINK! The odor is unique, like a combination of concentrated pollen and fermented fruit.
rocky wraith
Hell yes
I’ve been sniffen bees since I was a toddler they smell amazing
Always very warm and floraly
dusty vector
Yeah as I mentioned above, Oxythyrea funesta too!
Both wildcaught ones, which feed on flowers and their offspring from breeding
rocky wraith
Anybody smell fire ants?
Distressed ants have a very strong smell
And I’ve smelled one butterfly so far and she honestly doesn’t smell good
Anything that’s been pollinating usually smells good
Uhhh six spotted tiger beetles smell like acetic acid
Aaand giant millipedes smell BAD
graceful marsh
Distressed ants have a very strong smell
Yea
graceful marsh
Uhhh six spotted tiger beetles smell like acetic acid
Ah I haven’t smelled Cicindelas yet
rocky wraith
Aaand giant millipedes smell BAD
I had one in a little container and no wasn’t sure if it was the one that made a smell so I went in for a deep breath and I didn’t expect it so it was worse
I almost vomited it really fills your lungs. Worst strongest smell I have ever smealled
dusty vector
rocky wraith
Omg the groom goblets ❤️
Wet dead cockroach smells like a small dead animal (shocker) and just one can stink up a whole room if it has bad airflow
dusty vector
Omg the groom goblets ❤️
What
rocky wraith
Just let me have this. They’re groom goblets ok
torpid rapids
Oh hey, it's that discord feature that is incredibly easy to miss and nobody asked for.
Yeah, our Osmoderma probably have the strongest neutral smell, that leathery scent. As you said, not unpleasant but not the best.
Male D. tityus also have a pretty distinct smell, our dog does not like them, but is very interested in females. While we were out foraging in late September, we kept getting whiffs of the male smell in the woods, weirdly enough (we are out of their range).
Sort of a crisp decayed leaf smell, but more sharp and chemically?
rocky wraith
Yea I can kinda agree with that
torpid rapids
Real talk tho, can we all agree that pupa smell AMAZING? If we ever need to put any in artificial cells, I gotta yell at @coarse summit to stop huffing the pupa.
dusty vector
graceful marsh
Real talk tho, can we all agree that pupa smell AMAZING? If we ever need to put ...
what pupa specifically
dusty vector
Dynastes tityus
graceful marsh
ah, i Wonder why they do that
coarse summit
I suspect they produce an antibacterial/antifungal chemical
graceful marsh
very interesting 
torpid rapids
I was thinking about this a few weeks ago, maybe it has to do with the digestive enzymes used to break down their cellular structure in holometabolism (had to look up the term) when they pupate, since they do have a faint acidic scent.
Once they're nearing eclosure, the pupa scent is nowhere near as strong as earlier on, which lends some credence to that hypothesis.
That would still also give the pupa antibacterial/antifungal properties like acetic acid.
dense spindle
Oh my God yes
Periplaneta americana reek
I could smell them through the glass!
daring hinge
i just love how yall just go around smelling bugs
gonna start doing it
graceful marsh
as you should
fallow garden
Waxmoths smell sweet and earthy it's a very nice smell
rocky wraith
Fiery searcher beetle smells like cheese if you piss it off
Like really bad cheese
Wouldn’t recommend handling it if you aren’t 5 minutes from a shower
daring hinge
SHAME ON YALL
I SMELLED A BUG
AND IT SMELLED AWFUL
BC HE HAD PEED ON ME
I NEVER LISTEN TO YALL AGAIN 😭😭😭
graceful marsh
Fiery searcher beetle smells like cheese if you piss it off
Calosoma 
i havent seen any live ones
but id imagine they smell similar to carabus, a vinegar-like smell i would say
rocky wraith
You gotta come out at night
I saw a dead one and it was belly up, and almost looks like a different beetle
Find a big open parking lot in june @ night near wherever you see any dead ones
graceful marsh
no, there are no common species here in germany
its sad, i can read in older books that they where "By no means rare"
Calosoma sycophanta
now listed as "extremely rare" i believe
green moss
anyone who has access to dynastids
smell them!! they smell strong.
cetoniids smell even stronger but in a different way
green moss
anyone who has access to dynastids
some smell kinda sweaty and gross lol
dusty vector
green moss
if you come across any large Megasoma species their scent has an uncanny resemblance to male body odor.
especially their excrement. i did not learn this by my own will, i got pissed on once
no, not just once actually, several times
green moss
Real talk tho, can we all agree that pupa smell AMAZING? If we ever need to put ...
that freshly eclosed smell too cant forget that
like fresh out the pupa oh my god
what even is that chemically?? can someone make that a candle or something
name it something like "Summer Imago" or smth
oh wait wtf ofc hatchet was the one who started this discussion
well since the thread started on dynastids and i love keeping them i guess i can go on
plenty of people who go out to collect Trypoxylus dichotomus on the regular will say it has a unique smell that permeates the woods
like you go to the woods and you just
snnnnnFfFffff..
you know theyre there
its a nostalgic scent if you grew up in their native range
i havent seen this info written down anywhere other than in translations of animal crossing lol (iirc)
green moss
what even is that chemically?? can someone make that a candle or something
smells a little alkaline. its strong but somehow light. its also earthy. somewhat musky
its like when you step out of a shower plus flakesoil plus Moist and Musk
dusty vector
oh wait wtf ofc hatchet was the one who started this discussion
LMAO
fresh valve
swear theres a quote somewhere about scientists licking things, is there now going to be a thing about entos smelling thigns
rocky wraith
Me but also licking things
It’s actually amazing how good the human nose is at picking up on tiny little chemical differences, I think sniffing things is so slept on
late swallow
entomologist SNIFFS DEMON CORE for the FIRST TIME!
green moss
ive got some adult beetles
if you want me to lick one of them
tell me
here are your options:
Eudicella gralli gralli
Dorcus titanus yasuokai
Dorcus kyanrauensis
highest vote gets one lick
bonus: i will lick my Diapherodes gigantea but you have to persuade me
this may be the first recorded live phasmid taste test
green moss
My personal experience is too limited.
believe me, scent makes for very fulfilling experience whether you intentionally seek it out or not
speaking of sniffing beetles, my most intense smell was definitely when i picked up a carabid that sprayed acid all over my hand
i thought to myself "omg! it did the acid thing! i have to know what its like to be deterred by a carabid!"
my nose stung. the scent traveled further down my nostrils than anything ive ever inhaled other than wasabi maybe
it smelled like an extremely concentrated version of vinegar
needless to say if you were a predator, you would drop the beetle. which is exactly what happened to me
i was pleased to experience just how powerful this insect is
green moss
*Periplaneta americana* reek
absolutely bone chilling stench. anyone who recognizes it will notice it every time they go to an unsanitary space. if i had to describe it, i would say it smells damp, moldy, earthy, and musky. their droppings alone carry the scent. i assume this is what attracts fellow cockroaches to a prime breeding location
(somewhat obvious) word of advice, dont eat anywhere that smells like this. just dont.
green moss
it smelled like an extremely concentrated version of vinegar
bonus: this vinegar scent was even more powerful than that of a vinegaroon, of which i had the privelige to encounter in the wild. a little offtopic, ik, but you'd think the Vinegar Animal would have stronger vinegar
rocky wraith
it smelled like an extremely concentrated version of vinegar
Pure acetic acid baybee
green moss
all this talking got me curious and i smelled my Eudicella gralli
the scent is incomprehensible. idk how to describe properly
the females smell very different from the males
the female scent is extremely subtle, barely noticeable
not too bad actually
yet again, i have no words to describe it
however i feel very motivated to find a way to not only describe it but also document it in a consistent way
rocky wraith
You are real as fuck for this
I’m always talking about the way bugs smell and people I know just do not get it
green moss
the female scent is extremely subtle, barely noticeable
with enough effort, one can pick up a negligible, faint mint-grassy scent
smells like like if you only smelled mint in your past life
green moss
I’m always talking about the way bugs smell and people I know just do not get it
cant believe people dont get it
rocky wraith
smells like like if you only smelled mint in your past life
Have you smelled artificial mint smell?
It’s so rare because mint oil is really applicable for anything
I found it in a diy lip balm kit once as a kid and never again
green moss
whats the artifical smell listed as if youre able to remember
rocky wraith
No clue
I could describe it though as a very faint, no menthol type of plant mint smell, absolutely submerged in food coloring scent
green moss
with enough effort, one can pick up a negligible, faint mint-grassy scent
furthermore, it only makes the lowest point of your throat feel ever so slightly cooler than usual
rocky wraith
Ohh so like a menthol smell?
green moss
yes its vaguely like menthol
rocky wraith
I would, immediately want to know how they react to mint
Probably unnecessary but I bet nobody’s ever tested that before
green moss
the closest word i can use to describe the male smell would be. waxy? chemical-ish? for some reason it invoked some memories of apartment basements and elevators
green moss
I would, immediately want to know how they react to mint
my guess would be that theres no effect because the female scent is far more subtle than mint, it just reminds me of mint
green moss
New car smell? Not the freshener scent
definitely not the new car smell
green moss
nonono i got it
it smells like when you forgot to brush your teeth the night before
and you wake up and you smell your own breath
green moss
not bad breath necessarily
green moss
How does that invoke elevators???
i retract the elevator comparison
rocky wraith
LOL
green moss
i get it now!!
it smells like teeth
if you ever kept your teeth in a box after theyve fallen out, thats what the males smell like
rocky wraith
Are you and I on the same page on what teeth smell like?
Like morning breath that’s been kept in a jar to go stale?
green moss
heck yeah
rocky wraith
And mustu
green moss
yeah
rocky wraith
Fuck,. Teeth beetle
green moss
not very pleasant but ive smelled worse
maybe i'll use a number system like the late Justin Schmidt
dusty vector
Don‘t lick your beetles
green moss
Eudicella gralli gralli gets a 1 on the Frost Smell Index
green moss
Don‘t lick your beetles
ok 👍
dusty vector
grallii* fyi
green moss
ah thank you
dusty vector
Eudicella grallii, no subspecies
green moss
thanks for letting me know dude i rlly wouldnt have known
ew my hands smell weird now.
dusty vector
What‘s their geographical origin?
green moss
What‘s their geographical origin?
not specified on my label
dusty vector
:|
Lable them as Eudicella grallii „grallii“ then
I doubt they are true nominate grallii too but that doesn’t matter
green moss
im also guessing mine have other species' dna in there
green moss
Today, curiosity got the better of me.
Diapherodes gigantea doesnt. taste like anything in particular
umm. very cold to the touch ig
i mean its not endothermic so it makes sense
i shouldve followed lars' advice im sorry for ever betraying you
dusty vector
:(
green moss
tame root
Do not smell large dead beetles
dusty vector
green moss
Do not smell large dead beetles
literally just rot smell and if its dried it smells like concentrated insect specimen display at the museum
tame root
Eeeeeeeeyuck!
green moss
its terrible
also. if the freezer you use to store insects ever breaks
TAKE THEM OUT. AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
it smelled like rotten fish,
shrewd orchid
I've had a pretty big beetle on my desk for ages that I've kinda forgotten about but can confirm that it stinks to high heaven whenever I open the container
shrewd orchid
I've tried both putting that one in the freezer and soaking it in isopropyl but I think it was too late, neither helped much so it will remain in the container forever
wintry hound
bug air freshener
rocky wraith
Hell
green moss
truly the smelliest insect
fading ether
LMAO
loud granite
sniff
bronze plover
Hey y'all, wanna smell cyanide from an insect, go ahead and smell the Pink Dragon Millipede! They secrete cyanide! Don't touch them though!
Aparently they smell like almonds tho
Also don't worry about touching it too much, they don't secrete enough to kill from skin absorption. 100% don't eat them though.
dusty vector
I don’t think those secrete cyanide.
fallow garden
Some millipedes smell like cherry coke
It's a very nice smell, but their secretions have cyanide iirc
torpid rapids
that's my favorite aspect of cyanide, smells like almond
glass trench
another funky smelling millipede
all i remebr wa that it had a smell
not what the smell was
dusty vector
Xytodesmidae
spring barn
snails have always had a suuper distinct smell to me . so earthy. like a little raindrop
rocky wraith
Yeah I’m used to them smelling BAD
Snails take the WORST smelling shits of all time
green moss
glad ive never sniffed a snail before but also not glad that i dont know what a snail smells like
glass trench
my fruit fly cultures r all sour
late swallow
thats a taste
bronze plover
thats a taste
things can smell sour tho.
green moss
one time i bought a fruitfly culture mix online that smelled awfully like vegan protein powder
green moss
rainbow stag. smelly. like wine. why??
ive kept them before, but this scent is new to me
makes for a very luxurious vibe however, which is fitting considering it was one of the absolute most expensive beetles in the early days of modern east asian beetlekeeping
supposedly costing over 100,000 yen at the time
its quite interesting to see where theyve gone today, into the hands of many beginners just starting out on the hobby, and for relatively cheap at that
but im going offtopic why tf do they smell like wine. i think in my case its the adult urine mixing with the maple(?) wood chips (not fs)
people here sometimes use aromatic woodchips instead of sphagnum moss for moisture retention in enclosures
its also not impossible for yeast growth, as ive been to bug shops that reek of it, and the smell always comes from the deli cups the beetles are sold in
just took another sniff to confirm
that is LITERALLY the scent of wine
its not as strong as wine, but it is the wine scent
its also to be noted that ive never seen yeast harm the beetles, which makes sense as many beetles come in contact with yeasts in the form of yeast-infested rotting fruit in the wild
ugh now i want wine
torpid rapids
It's always wine o clock somewhere
green moss
phasmid frass smells good if it previously ate guava
it smells okay if it had mango
it smells unpleasant if it ate camphor
actually i kinda sorta really want to make tea out of the frass
i know its possible
someone was even serving it at this mini expo back in 2019 where i live
the tea kind of tingles in your throat. i know this isnt a smell but this thread is the closest thing
it should be noted that the tea was sourced from Phaenopharos khaoyaiensis fed on guava
idk if species really matters here lol but surely the plant does
the tea didnt smell like guava btw
well, youd maybe get a little hint of it
but it wasnt the dominant smell
honestly its hard to remember the smell
maybe its time to recreate the recipe.
you just roast the frass then make tea with it i think
green moss
phasmid frass smells good if it previously ate guava
it just smells like dried guava
mango frass has this neutral and distinctly not so mango smell to it
just like the leaves
the camphor stuff is just awful. the scent is strong and can spread
ive been meaning to collect fresh frass and make tea with it for too long now
the thoughts been in my mind for as long as ive kept phasmids
the tea smells like it contained spices if that makes sense
a lot like the frass itself
it doesnt smell herbal
actually im curious as to what bramble frass smells like now
surely it smells different
this is very important research i tell you
rocky wraith
Weird and probably wouldn’t try because ew but also interesting as fuck and might actually
unkempt lance
idk if anyone has mentioned this b4 but some people can smell ants
unkempt lance
some people can just pick up their pheromones too
fading ether
Image ant behaviours in humans
unkempt lance
?
fading ether
Imagine ant behaviours in human
rocky wraith
People use animal poop for coffee
I kinda wanna try this
You mean specifically the coffee beans elephants shit?
They aren’t just using plain shit why the fuck are you interested in brewed poop water 
tame root
You mean specifically the coffee beans elephants shit?
Civet poop
It’s a justification for playing with smelly bug poop
rocky wraith
So , the coffee beans civets poop instead
Which is generally not a kind industry to the civets
tame root
We don’t farm bugs for poop
I take it back because we probably do
We aren’t discussing the ethics of civet farming
green moss
They aren’t just using plain shit why the fuck are you interested in brewed poop...
because its bug poop water and i love bugs
also, in japan, a company recently got the greenlight to sell caterpillar tea
made with
well
yk
green moss
because its bug poop water and i love bugs
that doesnt help my case does it
uh
its not. poop, its uh.. Processed!
fading ether
Sounds like a shit idea
fallow garden
Caterpillar poop is just processed leaves, you might wanna choose a species that eats some nice pleasantly fragrant, non toxic leaves
graceful marsh
Prunus laurocerasus
rocky wraith
Caterpillar poop is just processed leaves, you might wanna choose a species that...
All animal poop is just processed whatever they ate
I don’t think this is very good reasoning because caterpillars use bacteria inside of them in order to digest the leaf
green moss
the bacteria is also why it took a good while for the product to get approved
they had to be sure the poop was clean of all leftover germs
i will do the same~~, albeit extremely crudely and at the risk of my own health~~
rocky wraith
Thank you I was trying to find out if that was what they were doing
Saved me from my three tabs trying to google how caterpillar shit tea is made
I’ve kept a bunch of different caterpillars before and the ones I know do not have pleasant smelling poop lol
fallow garden
All animal poop is just processed whatever they ate
Agree, but you can't really compare vertebrate poop with arthropod poop. Their digestive tracts are completely different, and to my knowledge caterpillars don't carry any pathogenic bacteria
I would not make a tea out of caterpillar poop, but I can see why maybe some people would do it
And as it was mentioned I was also thinking about processing the poop, not just raw
rocky wraith
Agree, but you can't really compare vertebrate poop with arthropod poop. Their d...
Yea but I like to draw parallels
Like the way guinea pigs and bess bugs have to eat their own shit sometimes for the same reason
drowsy haven
Havent read everything above me, However i do notice the smells of some bugs, sometimes. Paper wasps have a particular smell to their nests, one odor i really noticed was with madagascar roaches. I couldnt describe the scent, but it was neither good or bad. I have noticed a smell in sidewalk ants as well.
fallow garden
Yea but I like to draw parallels
Sometimes drawing parallels works, sometimes they do not
rocky wraith
Yes I get it thank you professor shit
fallow garden
I'm glad you get it 
glass trench
smells kinda nice
sweet
kinda nut flowery
i might be breathing like arsenic but
smells nice
(millipede not slug’
green moss
Sipyloidea sipylus smells like ginseng when agitated
green moss
I havent sniffed anything in ages
i need some ideas
is there a particular group of animals that you want sniffed? ping me. I'll sniff them
dusty vector
is there a particular group of animals that you want sniffed? ping me. I'll snif...
Sniff a woman
green moss
bruh
dusty vector
getting jailed speedrun
green moss
well they smell like whatever shampoo they used the day before
dusty vector
well they smell like whatever shampoo they used the day before
Bro talks like he actually knows
jk smell a bird
tame root
is there a particular group of animals that you want sniffed? ping me. I'll snif...
Sniff a Formica colony 
Don’t do that actually I like you
tame root
is it gonna smell like acid
You have no idea
If you get a whiff of a defensive spray from a mound you’ll be on your knees coughing
green moss
damn now i really have to know what it smells like
does any formicinid work or does it have to be genus Formica
glass trench
shit
green moss
yuck
glass trench
dusty vector
Osmoderma opicum smells pleasant. Nice, sweet smell similar to that of peaches.
green moss
lets go a good smelling beetle
when i get home i should try and smell my Pachnoda adults ive got like 5 on me
i'll get a good sniff of them all at once
dusty vector
when i get home i should try and smell my Pachnoda adults ive got like 5 on me
I wouldn’t
I mean the beetle itself shouldn’t smell too horrible, but their poo does
green moss
that only fuels my curiosity
drowsy haven
For me, stink bugs (pentatomids) have a sweater chemical smell to them. I honestly dont mind it, Eleodes beetles are a bit stronger, a sweet smell like inhaling a chemical sugar, and it lingers, actually gets unbearable sometimes. Ive unearthed a log full of hybernating Eleodes before and smelt it for a couple days.
dusty vector
Rad
frank lagoon
Disgusting smell
But very distinct and sharp
Pungent
Could not be mistaken for anything else
green moss
i snoffed this teneb
likely Plesioplthalmus formosanus
it smells like rubber, not unpleasant whatsoever
not pleasant either, but the surprise of it not being bad made me go for seconds
japanese rhinoceros beetle. this wild specimenno noticeable scent. perhaps a slight sweaty smell
but the rumor that japanese rhino beetles have a distinct, detectable odor, can be falsified
Butterfly. The abdomen part appeared to only be for display, as i did not smell anything in particular
perhaps it smelled just slightly pheromone-ish but it is yet again a faint, barely noticeable smell
i can now say many insects, if clean, smell very very faintly like their pheromones
also heres a surprising thing, these larvae didnt smell strong at all
i infact, did not
find another one
i was too distracted by everything else around me
i will be coming to this locale more often
thanks to that, i can make some targets of what to sniff
next time, i will try and sniff
cicadas
formica ants
giant orb weavers
2 or more random things i encounter
graceful marsh
Osmoderma opicum smells pleasant. Nice, sweet smell similar to that of peaches.
yo what is that
6 records on GBIF
btw, ive met someone who said C. intricatus smells like american cheese
Lots of beetle smell talk with the Entos 😂
rocky wraith
Aloeus ox beetle smells like vinyl or maybe some type of silicone
Not the acetic acid silicone the other kind
waxen pulsar
Butterfly. The abdomen part appeared to only be for display, as i did not smell ...
Those are coremata, which have the purpose of releasing pheromones
Chances are that it's just not a smell detectable by people
green moss
Those are coremata, which have the purpose of releasing pheromones
ty i didnt know tha
lunar hullBOT
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rocky wraith
I think I only noticed like yesterday
Mealworm beetles make that smell
Like just your generic angry beetle stink?
waxen pulsar
Yup
waxen pulsar
Stinky roves...
rustic python
Wheel bugs smell funny
Dont remember wwll enough to describe but
The one i handled smelled funny and would protrude scent glands
green moss
i havent smelled anything in weeks. this is bad
i must. smell. something...
dont worry chat. next week ill be on a hiking vacay that lasts multiple days
there better be something sniffable
its a very high altitude locale. there might not be many big sniffable bugs at such a height
green moss
well well well
luck has it that theres a god damn typhoon covering the whole nation, cancelling the fuck out of my whole plan
ahahhhahahaha hahhaahh damn it
green moss
I tried to catch and sniff a japalura
a swinhoe's japalura to be exact
but it bit me and i threw it in the bush out of instinct
in other news, i caught a cold. i cant smell anything
harsh vessel
Every time I get home from bug collecting, my roommate's cat desperately wants to smell my net.
cerulean perch
I am a proud waxmoth sniffer. 30000% better then flies. They smell so good and floral.
Sniiiiiiiif.
graceful marsh
Beetle smell enthusiasts when:
green moss
the second i get more beetles im smellimg them
fiery yarrow
My spiny leaf insects had a natural smell, not just the spray but just when ever. I always thought it smelt something between blood and toffee, i definitely was sniffing them more than a sane person would sniff a bug
green moss
My spiny leaf insects had a natural smell, not just the spray but just when ever...
the smell definitely changes depending on what theyre fed! the smell was so mild for me. only a faint smell of toffee!
green moss
How many days has it been since my last sniff...
I yearn for the experience
somebody ping me this weekend to remind me to catch some grasshoppers for Sniffing
theyre everywhere this time of year where i live
waxen pulsar
somebody ping me this weekend to remind me to catch some grasshoppers for Sniffi...
They smell like their puke
green moss
i gotta know what that vomit smells of
hidden solstice
I know it's not the same but isopods have a distinct "water creature" smell
They don't smell fishy but they do smell oceanic
green moss
I know it's not the same but isopods have a distinct "water creature" smell
they do???? putting that on my sniff list
thank you!
lunar hullBOT
Gave +1 Rep to @hidden solstice (current: #164 - 4)
graceful marsh
Uloma culinaris
It really had a very strong smell, even a bit like these essential oils. Not quite the same as the other Tenebs I know (Diaperis, Bolitophagus, Corticeus)
green moss
i sniffed a moth today
it smells powdery
im not joking when i say it smelt powdery
maybe others should try
green moss
im also gonna sniff other moths to see how this compares
cerulean perch
im also gonna sniff other moths to see how this compares
Waxmoths.
When they emerge i just SNOOOORFFFFF
When flies hatch they smell like shit, when these hatch my room smells like flowers honey and a distinctly sweet sent
green moss
i caught this today
Chondracris rosea
smells faintly like dried grass
very faintly
it smells a little earthy
same goes with other grasshoppers ive sniffed today
however this is not a fair test for my hands are covered in dust and soil
i must try again with cleaner hands
idk, though. cause i pressed my nose right up against this creature
drowsy haven
sniffing hoppers
graceful marsh
Prepared this Staphylinid recently, it smelled like that artificial watermelon-aroma.
green moss
When they emerge i just SNOOOORFFFFF
girl if youve ever had a rhinoceros beetle emerge it smells SOOOO GOOOD
ive brought it up before here, but the smell is amazing. its a refreshing, earthy smell. but its definitely a smell of its own, nothing can really compare
it smells wet, but in a good way
dusty vector
green moss
if somebody smelled like that i would explode
graceful marsh
Prepared this Staphylinid recently, it smelled like that artificial watermelon-a...
Shut up 😂 @dusty vector @green moss
You have clearly never smelled staphs before
green moss
Shut up 😂 <@264508152748310529> <@593062200265015307>
You have clearly never s...
look man i found one today and i was this close to sniffing it but it got away
it was one of those less than 1 cm sized staphs
so it was really hard to get to
dusty vector
Shut up 😂 <@264508152748310529> <@593062200265015307>
You have clearly never s...
Yeah.
graceful marsh
it was one of those less than 1 cm sized staphs
One of the few..
shrewd orchid
Had only smelled dead orthoptera before recently so I didn't know if it applied to live ones but we had a lab to do with locusts recently and they did indeed have that same smell
Hard to describe but it's so distinct
cerulean perch
girl if youve ever had a rhinoceros beetle emerge it smells SOOOO GOOOD
I've yet to sniff my beetles! Tho my rainbow female probably smells like fruit.
green moss
Had only smelled dead orthoptera before recently so I didn't know if it applied ...
fascinating!! when its warm again im definitely coming back for another sniff test
green moss
tried to find a staph today.
no luck
i need to know if the ones here smell like watermelon too
green moss
we dont have ocypus here no
graceful marsh
Ah sad
green moss
new smell log. common swallowtail
well it smells like durian actually
with a pungent citrus layered ontop
graceful phoenix
cimex lectularius have a distinct smell to them
green moss
cimex lectularius have a distinct smell to them
whats the smell like?
graceful phoenix
i havent smelled it in a bit so i dont remember exactly, but its sort of like ladybug smell
green moss
ooh
graceful phoenix
we had bed bugs last year and i got very accustomed to the smell
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bedbugs/comments/145avzz/bed_bug_odor/
this explains it pretty well
i might be getting the smell mixed up its been a while
compact veldt
The last time I smelled an osmeterium it smelled like new skin
dusty vector
The last time I smelled an osmeterium it smelled like new skin
What does new skin smell like
compact veldt
Maybe new skin isn't the right word... old skin? Like, the smell after a cast or bandage has been on for a while.
green moss
new smell log. common swallowtail
then begs the question: does the feeder plant affect the smell?
this species can feed on mandarin, orange, and pomelo. probably more than that, even. if i ever begin keeping these, i'll most likely be feeding them on pomelo
we'll see if that affects the smell if i ever get there
green moss
smell log: ladybug
it smelled very mild. i apologize, for i am at a lack of words to describe the scent. i licked the defense fluid as well. it tasted bitter like nintendo switch cartridge but mild
there is nothing i can attribute the scent to
sorry guys
thats why i lickrd it. aa compensation :3
green moss
DONT THINKING EMOJI REACT ME SOMEONE
waxen pulsar
Why are you tasting switch cartridges?
compact veldt
It is better to have licked and lost than to have never licked at all
green moss
Ootheca.
smells like the vaguest memory of caramel and dried plum
smells grainy
now obviously, i could be very inaccurate
for one its cold out, i cant smell well in the cold and it couldve been the scent of my hands
Heirodula
im just gonna put it as scentless
i couldve sworn i caught something however
green moss
seems everybody is in agreement that todays sniffs are not ideal
worry not, i'll be back with mantises when conditions are more ideal for sniffing
rocky wraith
Can we do one of these but for fungi? Or is that not yet widespread enough
I found a fungus that smelled like an old house like mothballs. It had a smooth yellow stem and gills idk anything else
dusty vector
Can we do one of these but for fungi? Or is that not yet widespread enough
Some fungi are lethally poisonous and one shouldn’t really stick any face orifice near them
rocky wraith
Why ?
Smelling is a huge part of identifying fungi
There aren’t any mushrooms that are poisonous just to smell, if that’s what you’re getting at
Even the existence of any that are poisonous to touch is debated and it’s like one european species
graceful marsh
Lathrobiina sp.
Had a very pungent, sweet odor after being disturbed, only lasted for a few seconds
Very much like the Ocypus
drowsy haven
Those smell interesting too an they´re pretty large
I believe ive collected a similar beetle before. Ive never noticed a smell, it was in rotting wood. Lemme find my specimen, it should be uploaded
ionic island
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2376970
i smelled one of these before it smelled kinda like an earthy spice
drowsy haven
i smelled one of these before it smelled kinda like an earthy spice
I maybe didnt notice any smells because it was already in a rotting stump, probably suppressed the smell of the specimen.
I believe I was there trying to collect isopods at the time, so bug smells wasnt my priority
waxen pulsar
Eurycotis floridana smell like fruit
graceful marsh
I believe ive collected a similar beetle before. Ive never noticed a smell, it w...
Yep, Tasgius is basically Ocypus
They emit a sweet smell when they are in their defensive position
It might come from the white stuff on their abdomen
tame root
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2376970
Tangentially related but if you still have the specimen you can key it to species with this https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/bnkmm_12/keys/species/tas_c1.html
drowsy haven
Tangentially related but if you still have the specimen you can key it to speci...
ooh, thank you. Specimen is still in my collection, ill look into it
lunar hullBOT
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tame root
I'm pretty sure it's good through the continental US despite the page title
Yeah it is
balmy harbor
Red ants have an acidic odor
fallow garden
Formic acid
drowsy haven
Tangentially related but if you still have the specimen you can key it to speci...
got my imaging setup back up and running, gonna run through the key now, again thanks for finding that for me
lunar hullBOT
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drowsy haven
Tangentially related but if you still have the specimen you can key it to speci...
Tasgius winkleri? lemme know what you think
tame root
You're in Utah, yeah?
tame root
Yeah I'd say winkleri is the best fit
drowsy haven
fantastico
graceful marsh
Oh I found another watermelon-staphylinid today, so good (Omaliinae)
@green moss
You can probably find them too, in fresh hardwood stumps and sawdust
green moss
fun!
graceful marsh
<@593062200265015307>
You can probably find them too, in fresh hardwood stumps a...
(I meant wooden shavings, not dust)
tame root
Oh I found another watermelon-staphylinid today, so good (Omaliinae)
They smell like watermelon? That’s wild I gotta try this
graceful marsh
Phyllodrepa specifically yes
green moss
pupas gonna eclose soon
hopefully just a week and a half from now
excited to smell the fresh beetle smell
green moss
SSSSSSNNNNORRRRRRRFFF
chat chat chat let me tell you how amazing freshly eclosed beetle smells like
i even showed my older sibling and they said it was good
they said it smells like wood
never saw it that way, but it makes sense
i wish my whole house could smell like this stuff damn
waxen pulsar
Tasgius smells weird... Fruity, but overripe, some kind of chemical I can't place, and other things that are hard to describe
graceful marsh
But not much like a defensive fluid in my opinion
waxen pulsar
Yeah
graceful marsh
I prepared an Ocypus today and all of the alcohol it was in smelled like their secretion
summer haven
Smelled some odontotermes/macrotermes when catching, caught a whiff of what might be chocolate.
green moss
they should make ocypus scented candles
tame root
Tasgius smells weird... Fruity, but overripe, some kind of chemical I can't plac...
To me it smells like rot
Hate hate hate
graceful marsh
Oh, speaking of staphs,
Xantholinini, similar to coconut oil
Philonthus smell similar to Ocypus/Tasgius too
waxen pulsar
Smell?
junior lodge
Most smaller millipedes, where I live at least smell like sharpie
graceful marsh
Oxythyrea funesta smell like urinate :/
tame root
You guys won’t believe what cyanide millipedes smell like
graceful marsh
I smelled a Philonthus recently and I thought it resembled WD40
graceful marsh
Oxythyrea funesta smell like urinate :/
And Cetonia too
green moss
ive been flipping and digging thru so many logs
now the smell of rotting wood reminds me of insects
well chat bug season has well and truly begun
in my area at least
im gonna smell some weird bugs this year hopefully
graceful marsh
Smell the staphs 
green moss
Chlaenius bioculatus spray smells kind of vegetably ngl
like pungent cruciferous vegetables
thats what i picked up at least...
and that makes the first sniff in a long time!
wait a sec
thats not Chlaenius
its Pheropsophus
also it left a stain on my finger
fallow garden
Tiny chemical burn
green moss
chat! i smelled sawfly larvae today
the larvae had been feeding on camphor
so their resulting defensive odor smelled like camphor oil
Mesoneura rufonota
picture not mine, sourced from online
this species is an economically significant pest of the camphor tree
camphors are a common ornamental and wild tree where i live, so this species is extremely common
however, only recently did i find out that the larvae were that of a hymenopteran, and not of a lepidopteran
anyway, theyre very squishy, so today i poked them for fun
and i suddenly remembered
"hey sniffy, you're on a mission to smell all the smelly bugs"
so i sniffed my finger that had been rubbing the small larvae
and it smelled exactly like camphor oil, or extract
concentrated camphor smell
its very pleasant, definitely the best smelling insect i have smelled to this date
maybe even the best smelling animal i have smelled so far
i know some humans smell nice, but ive yet to encounter an entire species that smells nice until today
a very big day for my bug smelling adventures
tame root
I GOT TO SMELL THE ECLOSION SMELL AGAIN
Huffing ecdysone 
green moss
IT HAS A NAME????
im gonna modify e coli to synthesize it in mass and condense them into candles
tame root
IT HAS A NAME????
Idk if that's the smell it's probably not
Ecdysone is a hormone that regulates molting
Big spike in it starts the thinning and separation of the cuticle
lucid oak
I've always noticed stink bugs smell like sour apples, ants smell like sand and grasshoppers smell like stinky socks to me
green moss
rhinoceros beetle BO is real
i havent been outside lately
having no vehicle of my own makes it. difficult to search for new smelling subjects
so i went back for an old favorite
rhinoceros beetle
honestly? it genuinely does just smell like BO
you have to inhale pretty hard to detect it, but it is there
feral portal
I notice a lot of stinkbugs in the house, but I've yet to smell any strong odor from them lol
shrewd orchid
They only produce the odour as a defense mechanism, if they're just sitting there they probably won't smell like much. Although I've never tried to get my nose that close to them but I imagine they wouldn't like it if I did
green moss
depends
some species are very eager to spray
others not quite as much
i can pick some up without getting sprayed at all
but whenever they do its pretty strong
shrewd orchid
Yeah they're usually pretty chill ime I just don't tend to sniff them
latent ridge
I notice a lot of stinkbugs in the house, but I've yet to smell any strong odor ...
I had tons in my house as a kid and they only tend to stink if they are squashed :(
orchid stream
sometimes when i have caterpillars they just stink
latent ridge
I notice a lot of stinkbugs in the house, but I've yet to smell any strong odor ...
My childhood home I was smelling this things all over
I think my dad squished the ones he would find
But the ones he wouldn’t we’d still smell them
Smells like a toilet paper roll, like cardboard
feral portal
Smells like a toilet paper roll, like cardboard
That's an interesting kind of scent
I'm not sure if I'd want to try and see lol
latent ridge
Idek which stink bugs but I swear as a kid we had a hundred in our house
But they weren’t a bad pest imo better than others
scarlet thorn
someones gotta tell our boy Hatchet that this discussion post is still getting replies
green moss
its like the longest running discussion here
anyway has anyone ever smelled rotten beetle before
i have
it smells like rotting fish
shrewd orchid
Yeah I have one I've tried dealing with a few times and the smell never went away so it just lives in a sealed container forever because it is Pungent
green moss
yea that shit is hard to deal with w/o chemicals
you can cut them open to scoop out the organs and most of the smell goes away that way
but then you have to restuff them
also its gross
haughty tulip
@cosmic garnet
cosmic garnet
Oh god how many threads are there
green moss
Oh god how many threads are there
many. care to share what invertebrates you have smelled lately?
ladybug took a shit. smelled like nothing
violet shadow
Ugly took a shit on my shirt and it smelt really bad
green moss
lovely rutelinid
looks like an australian species
theyre in season rn, no?
kringle beetles
krimmas
violet shadow
chrimmas beetle
emerald tip beetle, pretty much the only species I've been able to find so far
green moss
smells awful
tame root
smells awful
Beetle smell
cerulean bison
Protaetia morio stink
green moss
this bean looking fella smells really bad
graceful marsh
Interesting, I haven’t heard of smelly Chrysos
tame root
Bro thinks he’s a silphid
green moss
honestly? maybe i was smelling dog piss
i shouldve have picked it up to get a better sniff
tame root
Been keeping this Lytta magister I picked up in Arizona in a jar for a few days and the jar smells exactly like a bag of Fritos now
scarlet thorn
i love that lars made this post like three years ago and its still getting traction
waxen pulsar
Been keeping this Lytta magister I picked up in Arizona in a jar for a few days ...
Yum
amber ginkgo
