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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/BethanyBluebird on 2025-07-12 14:55:58+00:00.

I was out in my garden, picjing raspberries. Felt something land on my forehead and assumed it was a mosquito… so I swatted it. As soon as I brought my hand down and saw that bright green color, I realized I had fucked up.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopidae

This lil stinker is a green lacewing. When threatened they release a chemichal that smells exactly like the worst shit you have ever taken… and I had just smeared one across my forehead. Now my partner is laughing at me while I scrub my forehead with vinegar and Dawn dish soap in a futile attempt to make my face smell less like I just ate someones ass. It stinks so bad, y’all. Like… seriously.

I love these little guys for eating the aphids in my garden… They’re incredible for pest control, and pretty, but DEAR GOD do they pack a stinky stinky punch.

TLDR: swatted what I thought was a mosquito and instead got a face full of ass stank from my friendly neighborhood aphid control.