What is a small black bug with a tail?

Answer by  lokindra (481)

It is nearly impossible to identify a bug based on a single characteristic. My guess would be a Wingless Soldier Fly an American Pelecinid - as both are often identified by their tails. To get a more certain identification, information on your geographic location and other identifying features is necessary.

Answer by  nicholas34 (606)

It probably is a tail. Most insects have tails, take for instance the beetle, or the lady bug, if it is not a tail, it is probable part of the wing that may have been damaged on its flight as it landed on a leaf or a flower bud. That is what i believe

Answer by  keke (335)

A small black bug with a tail could be a forked tail bug extremely smal and found in places like bathrooms.

Answer by  saturno (325)

There are to kind of this insects, the beetles with a scorpion tail and ants with the same characteristic but they are not dangerous