“Right now here it’s the rainy season and I’ve seen this worm multiple times but I don’t know what it is,” writes this reader in her submission regarding the red-brown bug pictured below. “Is it harmful?” To start with, we have to point out how fantastic this photo is. We can see every minute detail on the creature’s body: its antennae, legs, segmentation, and coloration. Based on this photo, we have concluded that this is a footspinner. Also referred to as webspinners, or by their scientific name, Embioptera, these guys are not worms at all, but insects. They are somewhat unusual, and the one our reader has caught in her photo is a likely female one. The reason we can tell this is because the male footspinner often has wings. Of course, the male footspinners can be wingless too.