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🐛U+1F41B

Bug emoji

Crawling along, this green caterpillar-like insect is the generic bug. It is used for bugs and insects, garden creatures, caterpillars before they become butterflies, and, among programmers, software bugs.

Unicode name
bug
Category
Animals & nature, Bugs
Added
Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points
U+1F41B
Shortcode
:bug:
Keywords
animal, bug, garden, insect

How it looks

🐛
Your device
Bug emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Bug emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Bug emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🐛

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “bug”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “bug”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “bug”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “bug”.
GitHub
Type :bug: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolbichobicho, gusano, insecto
Françaischenilleanimal, chenille, insecte, jardin
DeutschRaupegefräßig, Insekt, Raupe, Tier
Italianoinsettoanimale, bruco, giardino, millepiedi
Portuguêsinsetoanimal, centopeia, inseto, lagarta
Nederlandsinsectbeestje, dier, insect, tuin
Svenskatusenfotingdjur, kryp, larv, tusenfoting
Polskigąsienicagąsienica, owad, robak, zwierzę
Türkçetırtılböcek, hayvan, kırkayak, tırtıl
Русскийгусеницагусеница, жук, многоножка, насекомое, сороконожка
Українськакомахагусінь, комаха, комашина, комашка
Ελληνικάκάμπιαέντομο, ζώο, κάμπια, κήπος
العربيةبقأم أربعة وأربعين, ام ٤٤, ام اربعة واربعين, بستان, بق, حديقة, حشرة, حيوان, دودة, يرقانة حيوان
עבריתזחלזחל, חרק, תולעת
فارسیحشرهباگ, حشره, کرم
हिन्दीइल्लीइल्ली, उद्यान, कनखजूरा, कीड़ा, पशु
বাংলাক্ষুদ্র কীটকীটপতঙ্গ, ক্ষুদ্র কীট, পশুপাখি, পোকা
Bahasa Indonesiaserangga kecilbinatang, hewan, kebun, serangga, taman
Tiếng Việtcon bọbọ, côn trùng, động vật, vườn
ไทยแมลงแมลง, สัตว์, หนอน
日本語毛虫イモムシ, 毛虫, 芋虫, 虫
한국어송충이곤충, 동물, 벌레, 송충이, 정원
中文(简体)毛毛虫昆虫, 毛毛虫, 毛虫
中文(繁體)毛毛蟲毛毛蟲, 毛蟲
Names in 102 more languages
Afrikaansgogga
AkanBɔɔgo
Albanianshumëkëmbësh
Amharicትኋን
Aniiashɛŋɛ
Armenianմիջատ
Assameseপোক
Azerbaijaniböcək
Bashkirҡарышлауыҡ
Basquezomorroa
Belarusianкузурка
Bosnianbuba
Bretonbiskoulenn
Bulgarianбуболечка
Burmeseပိုးကောင်ကလေး
Cantonese毛蟲
Cantonese (Simplified)毛虫
Catalaneruga
CherokeeᏥᏍᎪᏯ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)毛蟲
Chuvashлĕпĕш хурчĕ
Croatiangusjenica
Czechhousenka
Danishlarve
Estonianröövik
European Portugueselagarta
Faroeseskordýr
Filipinoinsekto
Finnishötökkä
Galiciancempés
Georgianბაღლინჯო
Gujaratiજંતુ
Hausaƙwaro
Hungarianrovar
Icelandicskordýr
IgboChinchi
Irishmíol
Javaneseuler
Kalaallisutlarve
Kannadaಕೀಟ
Kazakhжәндік
Kazakh (Arabic)جاندىك
Khmerសត្វល្អិត
Kinyarwandakemura ibibazo
Konkaniभिकूण
Kyrgyzкурт
Kʼicheʼk’axk’olil
Laoແມງໄມ້
Latin American Spanishoruga
Latviankukainis
Lithuanianvabalas
Lower Sorbiangusenica
LuxembourgishKiewerlek
Macedonianбубачка
Malayulat
Malayalamപഴുതാര
Malteseinsett
Marathiअळी
Mongolianхорхой
Māoritātaka
Nepaliउडुस
Nigerian PidginSmọ́l Ínsẹkt
Northern Sothoselomanyane
Norwegianinsekt
Odiaଓଡ଼ଶ
Oromogeergoo
Pashtoسپږۍ
Punjabiਸੁੰਡੀ
Punjabi (Arabic)کھٹمل
Quechuakhuru
Romaniangândac
Romanshrasulauna
Sardinianbabbarotu
Scottish Gaelicbiastag
Serbianгусеница
Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina)гусјеница
Serbian (Latin)gusenica
Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)gusjenica
Shanမူင်ႈ
Sindhiمونگهڻ
Sinhalaමකුණා
Slovakhúsenica
Slovenianžuželka
Somalikutaan
Swahilimdudu
Tajikгамбуск
Tamilமூட்டைப் பூச்சி
Teluguనల్లి
Tigrinyaትዃን
Tongankutu
Tswanasetshedinyana
Turkmenmör-möjek
Upper Sorbianhusańca
Urduکن کھجورا
Uyghurقۇرت
Uzbektaxtakana
Welshpryf
Wolofgunóor
Xhosaincukuthu
YorubaÌyanjú Àṣìṣe
Yoruba (Benin)Ìyanjú Àshìshe
Zuluisilokozane

Codes

Code points
U+1F41B
HTML
🐛
CSS
\1F41B
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F41B}
Python
\U0001F41B
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 90 9B
UTF-16
D83D DC1B
URL encoded
%F0%9F%90%9B

Questions

What does the 🐛 bug emoji mean?

Crawling along, this green caterpillar-like insect is the generic bug. It is used for bugs and insects, garden creatures, caterpillars before they become butterflies, and, among programmers, software bugs.

How do I type the 🐛 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “bug”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :bug:.

When was the 🐛 emoji added?

🐛 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for 🐛?

U+1F41B. In HTML you can write 🐛, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F41B}.

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