r/insectidentification 16h ago

Moth/Butterfly ID🦋 Very small moth-like bug

Please excuse the blurry second photo- I added it just to give a sense of scale. It's smaller than my pinky tip and I have small hands.

I have this very small bug in my garden and have watched it since its cocoon stage and would like to know what it is- I think it's cute!

Located in central Ohio USA. The cocoon was about the size of two grains of rice, very textured and sort of floated down from a maple tree and attached itself to a dead rosemary plant. I thought it was a wooly aphid at first.

The bug emerged this morning and is dark brown or black with small white spots. Google image search was not very helpful, it kept bringing up sink flies but this has solid wings and big antennas.

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u/Turbo2011 14h ago

most likely a moth, I dont know any other insect that looks like that