# 🐛 Bug emoji

🐛 Bug is an emoji in the bugs set of Animals & nature. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: animal, garden and insect.

- Emoji: 🐛
- Unicode name: bug
- Code points: U+1F41B
- Category: Animals & nature, Bugs
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :bug:
- Keywords: animal, bug, garden, insect
- Page: https://emojichart.com/bug-emoji

## What it means

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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | bicho | bicho, gusano, insecto |
| Français (fr) | chenille | animal, chenille, insecte, jardin |
| Deutsch (de) | Raupe | gefräßig, Insekt, Raupe, Tier |
| Italiano (it) | insetto | animale, bruco, giardino, millepiedi |
| Português (pt) | inseto | animal, centopeia, inseto, lagarta |
| Nederlands (nl) | insect | beestje, dier, insect, tuin |
| Svenska (sv) | tusenfoting | djur, kryp, larv, tusenfoting |
| Polski (pl) | gąsienica | gąsienica, owad, robak, zwierzę |
| Türkçe (tr) | tırtıl | böcek, hayvan, kırkayak, tırtıl |
| Русский (ru) | гусеница | гусеница, жук, многоножка, насекомое, сороконожка |
| Українська (uk) | комаха | гусінь, комаха, комашина, комашка |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κάμπια | έντομο, ζώο, κάμπια, κήπος |
| العربية (ar) | بق | أم أربعة وأربعين, ام ٤٤, ام اربعة واربعين, بستان, بق, حديقة, حشرة, حيوان, دودة, يرقانة حيوان |
| עברית (he) | זחל | זחל, חרק, תולעת |
| فارسی (fa) | حشره | باگ, حشره, کرم |
| हिन्दी (hi) | इल्ली | इल्ली, उद्यान, कनखजूरा, कीड़ा, पशु |
| বাংলা (bn) | ক্ষুদ্র কীট | কীটপতঙ্গ, ক্ষুদ্র কীট, পশুপাখি, পোকা |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | serangga kecil | binatang, hewan, kebun, serangga, taman |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | con bọ | bọ, côn trùng, động vật, vườn |
| ไทย (th) | แมลง | แมลง, สัตว์, หนอน |
| 日本語 (ja) | 毛虫 | イモムシ, 毛虫, 芋虫, 虫 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 송충이 | 곤충, 동물, 벌레, 송충이, 정원 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 毛毛虫 | 昆虫, 毛毛虫, 毛虫 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 毛毛蟲 | 毛毛蟲, 毛蟲 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): gogga
- Akan (ak): Bɔɔgo
- Albanian (sq): shumëkëmbësh
- Amharic (am): ትኋን
- Anii (blo): ashɛŋɛ
- Armenian (hy): միջատ
- Assamese (as): পোক
- Azerbaijani (az): böcək
- Bashkir (ba): ҡарышлауыҡ
- Basque (eu): zomorroa
- Belarusian (be): кузурка
- Bosnian (bs): buba
- Breton (br): biskoulenn
- Bulgarian (bg): буболечка
- Burmese (my): ပိုးကောင်ကလေး
- Cantonese (yue): 毛蟲
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 毛虫
- Catalan (ca): eruga
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏍᎪᏯ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 毛蟲
- Chuvash (cv): лĕпĕш хурчĕ
- Croatian (hr): gusjenica
- Czech (cs): housenka
- Danish (da): larve
- Estonian (et): röövik
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): lagarta
- Faroese (fo): skordýr
- Filipino (fil): insekto
- Finnish (fi): ötökkä
- Galician (gl): cempés
- Georgian (ka): ბაღლინჯო
- Gujarati (gu): જંતુ
- Hausa (ha): ƙwaro
- Hungarian (hu): rovar
- Icelandic (is): skordýr
- Igbo (ig): Chinchi
- Irish (ga): míol
- Javanese (jv): uler
- Kalaallisut (kl): larve
- Kannada (kn): ಕೀಟ
- Kazakh (kk): жәндік
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): جاندىك
- Khmer (km): សត្វល្អិត
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kemura ibibazo
- Konkani (kok): भिकूण
- Kyrgyz (ky): курт
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): k’axk’olil
- Lao (lo): ແມງໄມ້
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): oruga
- Latvian (lv): kukainis
- Lithuanian (lt): vabalas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): gusenica
- Luxembourgish (lb): Kiewerlek
- Macedonian (mk): бубачка
- Malay (ms): ulat
- Malayalam (ml): പഴുതാര
- Maltese (mt): insett
- Marathi (mr): अळी
- Mongolian (mn): хорхой
- Māori (mi): tātaka
- Nepali (ne): उडुस
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Smọ́l Ínsẹkt
- Northern Sotho (nso): selomanyane
- Norwegian (no): insekt
- Odia (or): ଓଡ଼ଶ
- Oromo (om): geergoo
- Pashto (ps): سپږۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਸੁੰਡੀ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): کھٹمل
- Quechua (qu): khuru
- Romanian (ro): gândac
- Romansh (rm): rasulauna
- Sardinian (sc): babbarotu
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): biastag
- Serbian (sr): гусеница
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): гусјеница
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): gusenica
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): gusjenica
- Shan (shn): မူင်ႈ
- Sindhi (sd): مونگهڻ
- Sinhala (si): මකුණා
- Slovak (sk): húsenica
- Slovenian (sl): žuželka
- Somali (so): kutaan
- Swahili (sw): mdudu
- Tajik (tg): гамбуск
- Tamil (ta): மூட்டைப் பூச்சி
- Telugu (te): నల్లి
- Tigrinya (ti): ትዃን
- Tongan (to): kutu
- Tswana (tn): setshedinyana
- Turkmen (tk): mör-möjek
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): husańca
- Urdu (ur): کن کھجورا
- Uyghur (ug): قۇرت
- Uzbek (uz): taxtakana
- Welsh (cy): pryf
- Wolof (wo): gunóor
- Xhosa (xh): incukuthu
- Yoruba (yo): Ìyanjú Àṣìṣe
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ìyanjú Àshìshe
- Zulu (zu): isilokozane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/bug-emoji